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Lewis P. Nudd and his father Joseph L. Nudd haying on Great Boar's Head, ca. 1910. The "standpipe", a large water tower that stood on Boar's Head from 1907 to 1966, can be seen behind the house.

Remains of a shipwreck on Hampton Beach south of Great Boar's Head before May 1885. The large hotel in the background is the Ocean House, which burned on May 7, 1885. The small buildings at far left probably are the cottages of squatters. The Town…

Moving a house along Ocean Boulevard south of Great Boar's Head. The date is unknown, but was probably around the turn of the century. It may also have been one of the houses ordered moved in the 1880s when the Town won a court case against squatters…

Early houses on North Beach north of Plaice Cove, ca. 1918. From left: Herman Smith's bathhouse, which had three lockers and was built ca. 1903 and which was later removed and used for the trolley station ["Portsmsouth Junction", then moved back…

Early cottages on North Beach north of Plaice Cove, 1920s.

Cottages along the beach north of Plaice Cove show damage from a storm in the 1930s.

Map of the North Beach fish houses used in the Fish-House case, November 1950. Title of map reads "Plan of land owned by Town of Hampton, N.H. North of Coast Guard Station 'Fish House' Area. Scale: - 1 in. = 40 ft. Nov. 1950. John W. Durgin Civil…

The Hotel Whittier annex, early 1900s. In 1907 the old Marston House, attached to the rear of the Hotel Whittier, was renovated for use as the town's telephone exchange.

The first Echo House, a large boarding house adjacent to the Hotel Whittier on Winnacunnet Road. Built and owned by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Orren Stevens, the Echo was destroyed by fire on August 15, 1913.

The second Hotel Echo, 30 Winnacunnet Road, built in 1918 on the site of the first, which was destroyed by fire in September 1913. For the first few years this was known as the Echo House. It changed its name to the Hotel Echo by 1921. In April 1923…