Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
P0012_0024 |
Collection |
Ray Brighton Photographs |
Title |
Downtown Portsmouth |
Date |
circa 1973 |
Year Range from |
1950 |
Year Range to |
2000 |
Description |
Aerial view of downtown Portsmouth, NH. Undated. In the North End (left side), the new Maplewood Avenue Extension can be seen cutting through the recently bulldozed neighborhood as part of the Vaughan Street Urban Renewal Project. Along Hanover Street, the Wentworth-Winebaum home is still in situ. On June 4, 1973, the house was moved by barge down river to Hancock Street and become part of Strawbery Banke Museum. The image comes from "They Came To Fish" by Ray Brighton, first published in 1973 and revised in 1979 and 1994. In the 1979 edition, the caption was as follows: "This aerial view of the city and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was taken from a spot in the air probably just west of the Immaculate Conception Church, which doesn't appear in the photo, although the Advent Christian across the street does. The picture was made before the two-decker parking lot was removed at High and Hanover Streets." |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Print size |
10" x 8" |
Search Terms |
Kittery (Me.) Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Badgers Island Memorial Bridge Thomas J. McIntyre Federal Building North End (Portsmouth, NH) Vaughan Street Urban Renewal Project North Church Whipple School Feaster Apartments (Court Street) Maplewood Avenue Deer Street Market Square Market Street Islington Street Middle Street State Street Summer Street Bridge Street High Street Fleet Street Court Street Pleasant Street Parrott Avenue Parking Lot Haymarket Square Hill Street Bow Street Daniel Street Strawbery Banke Museum Marcy Street Prescott Park Four Tree Island St. John's Church Chapel Street Wentworth, Joshua W. House (Hancock Street, aka Wentworth-Winebaum House) Portsmouth Junior High School Peirce, J. W. House (Middle Street) South Church Route 1 Austin Street Porter Street Pearl Street Pearl Street Church Parker Street Tanner Street Rock Street Sudbury Street Congress Street Vaughan Street Vaughan Mall |
Subjects |
Aerial photographs Streets Rivers Piscataqua River (Me. and N.H.) Bridges Downtown Naval yards & naval stations Kittery (Me.) Islands Urban renewal Parking lots Parking garages Churches |
Related Publications |
"They Came To Fish" by Ray Brighton, published in 1973, revised in 1979 and 1994, opposite p. 135. |