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Hampton's famous old elm tree. This elm spread its stately limbs over Elmwood Corner at 252 Winnacunnet Road (at the intersection with Landing Road) from about 1773 until it was infected by Dutch Elm disease and cut down in 1959. The Elmwood Inn…

Haycocks on the salt marsh, ca. 1899

Homer Johnson's truck plows rocks back onto the seawall at North Beach after a November 1944 storm

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.

Hotel Whittier, ca. 1899 Hotel Whittier, ca. 1899. This was the area's most popular hotel and restaurant, and was the center of Hampton's social activity. It included a large annex on the back, a bowling alley, garage, stables, and a barn. The hotel…

The Hotel Whittier, shortly after the turn of the century. This was the area's most popular hotel and restaurant, and was the center of Hampton's social activity. It included a large annex on the back, a bowling alley, garage, stables, and a barn.…

Jerome Selleck's Texaco gas station and store next to the Baptist church on Winnacunnet Road, 1940s. In the late 1800s this was the shop of tinsmith George Collum. In the 1950s and '60s it held a succession of small grocery stores.

Lafayette Road looking north to the intersection with Winnacunnet, and beyond, before 1890. The Union House dominates the center of the picture.

Lafayette Road looking south from the intersection with Winnacunnet Road, early 1900's. General Jonathan Moulton's house is in the distance. In 1922, this house, one of Hampton's most historic sites, was moved 150 feet southwest from its pictured…

Lamie's Lunch, 1920s. Albert Lamie opened this restaurant in the Cogger Block, on the corner of Route One and Depot Square, in 1925. In 1931 he relocated to the old E. Warren Lane homestead on the north corner of Lafayette and Exeter Roads, where…