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1. 2008.001.019 - Digital photograph

   Wharf Village - Looking northward on Water Street toward its intersection with the foot of Main Street, about 1920 when two-way travel was still allowed on both streets. Descendents of the picket fence, hydrant, and streetlight are all still in place today. Note that the postcard publisher eliminated details in the area leading to Bates Wharf, for reasons unknown.

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2. 2008.001.061 - Digital photograph

   Sippican Harbor & Waterfront - This linen card from the 1930s-50s period shows the floats of Barden's Boatyard from Island Wharf. Though this appears to be a summertime scene, there is little sign of activity. The photo may have been taken very early in the morning when no one was about, and then heavily colorized-as was the practice with linen cards-to simulate a midday scene. Both Bates and Long wharves can be seen in the distance as well as a ...

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3. 2008.001.087 - Digital photograph

   Shoreline - A placid harbor scene from about 1903, looking from Island Wharf toward Bates Wharf and the outer harbor. The red-roofed, two-story structure at center was then a cooperage. The two windmills visible here were the primary sources of fresh water at that time. To the far left, the derricks of the stone barge shown in other views protrude above Sherman's Wharf (later Long Wharf). The gabled house to the right was the Dreyer Inn.

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4. 2008.001.088 - Digital photograph

   Shoreline - A waterside view of Bates Wharf, on a postcard mailed in 1923, with Long Wharf in the background. A substantial popple-stone structure has been erected on Bates Wharf by this time, and on Long Wharf a string of rude wooden shacks has been added to provide cover for shellfish shucking. The cupola of the Casino can be seen just to the right of the roof peak of the building on Bates Wharf.

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5. 2008.001.096 - Digital photograph

   Shoreline - The figurehead from the bark Golden Sunset was brought to Marion by Edward Hamlin and mounted at the head of Bates Wharf, thus establishing a landmark visible from any number of vantages around the Inner Sippican Harbor. The Golden Sunset was built in England in 1876 and passed to French owners, back to the English, and finally to Norwegian owners, who converted her into a coal barge in 1920. 2nd digital photograph - right profile...

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6. 2008.001.097 - Digital photograph

   Shoreline -This is a later view of the Golden Sunset's figurehead on Bates Wharf, with the former cooperage, now fitted with a tall chimney, in the background. The wooden statue was carved by the workshop of Robert Bailes ofHendon, England. During the Hurricane of 1944, the figurehead became detached from her earlier vertical mounting and floated up into the inner harbor. She was recovered relatively undamaged-requiring only some restoration of h...

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7. 2008.001.100 - Digital photograph

   Shoreline -This real-photo card mailed in 1977 shows the Admiral Harwood Cottage, 99 Water Street, at center (at this time identified as the Simmons Cottage), eventually to become the current home of the Beverly Yacht Club. At right center, Long Wharf extends out of the frame, and further up the shore Bates Wharf is visible. 2nd-4th digital photographs - additional views of the Beverly Yacht Club through the years

   Record Type: Photo