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The 'Barnacle', a guest house perched on the south side of Great Boar's Head, was a popular destination around the turn of the 20th century. Owned at the time by Dr. George Everett Mitchell from Haverhill, Mass., this group of men formed an informal…

A view from the railroad bridge of Depot Square, the train station and the Odd Fellows Building, early 1900s. The latter was built in 1895 and burned in 1990. Its clock tower was added in 1898. Train tracks stretch away to the south.

A view west on Winnacunnet Road between 1910 and 1922. At left is the Congregational church, and opposite that is the old town hall and the Lane Memorial Library. Note the trolley tracks running along the left side of the road

A view west on Winnacunnet Road, in the vicinity of Park Avenue. The trolley cars are at Young's Turnout, a section of track that branched off briefly from the main line to allow two trolleys to pass each other. The rise of the automobile led to a…

An aerial view, looking west, of the newly created Tuck Field, Founders' Park, and Meeting House Green, ca. 1930. The southern end of Lafayette Road crosses the top of the picture, forming a triangular intersection with Park Avenue and Drakeside…

An aerial view over High Street (bottom) and Winnacunnet Road (center) in the 1920s or '30s. High Street Cemetery is at lower right. Across the street and behind the Hampton Academy can be seen one of the early town dumps. The new Centre School,…

Baseball players on the ballgrounds behind the Hampton Beach Casino. ca. 1899.

Three boys and a dog pose sitting in the grass atop Great Boar's Head in the early 1900's. Of the cottages in the background, Peter Randall's history has this to say, 'In 1898, attorney Edwin Eastman and County Treasurer William H. C. Follansbee,…

Buildings on south side of Exeter Road, Hampton center, before 1900. The railroad crossing can be seen at right. When the overpass was built these buildings were all moved. The large Shaw Block at left was moved to 471 Lafayette Road, on the corner…

This photo was taken ca. 1899. At left is the power house of the Exeter, Hampton and Amesbury Street Railway Company, while at right is the car barn where trolleys were parked. The car barn was built in 1897 and burned in 1907. A smoke stack appears…