Mapping Marblehead History
@MappingMHD
Mapping Marblehead is a series of exhibits to tell Marblehead’s story. Come visit us at Marblehead's Old Town House (F,Sa,Su) https://marbleheadhistory.org
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In the 1940s and 1950s, Marblehead was a popular summer stock theater destination In this 1953 photo Lucille Ball lands by helicopter at Seaside Park. She performed in “On Your Toes”, staged at the then high school’s Performing Arts Center, supervised by the great Richard Rogers.
A nanny in 1951, Sylvia Plath spent much of her summer in Marblehead about which she wrote, "The Babysitters" which began: "It is ten years, now, since we rowed to Children's Island. The sun flamed straight down that noon on the water off Marblehead." allpoetry.com/The-Babysitters
In the 1920’s cars and trucks became increasingly reliable and affordable. In Marblehead this meant paved roads, parking spaces, gas stations and the beginnings of traffic problems. This photo during a baseball game at Seaside Park was taken on Gerry Street in 1920.
If you live near the high school your back yard was likely once a field for crops or for grazing cows sheep or goats Here is the farm's coop that was "possibly the most magnificent building in the world devoted exclusively to poultry'. Find coop ruins behind the Community Center
In 1882 there were 67 shoe factories in Marblehead. But where did they go? Marblehead suffered two great fires. The first was in 1877 and the second on Christmas Day 1888, decimating the business district. Wind off the water kept the flames away from the town's Historic District.
The USS Marblehead was the third Navy ship named for our town. It was christened in 1923 by Hanna Martin Graves whose son was killed in WWI. Because of prohibition, Mrs. Evans used a bottle filled with our harbor water instead of champagne See the the ship's bell in Abbot Hall
Ever wonder who built Carcassonne Castle on Marblehead Neck, or how they made their fortune? Carcassonne was completed in 1935 for Aroline Gove, who worked alongside her mother, Lydia Pinkham. Pinkham was the inventor a popular herbal (and alcoholic) tonic for "women's problems"
While campaigning for president, Senator Jack Kennedy and his wife Jackie came to Marblehead to see “The Spirit of ‘76” at Abbot Hall, 1958. (photo Digital Commonwealth Archives)
September 10, 1918 marked the first death from Spanish Flu in Marblehead. By the end the month 13 townspeople had succumbed. 23 deaths in October. The high school was converted into a makeshift hospital. Actress Mary Pickford filming a movie town contracted the flu but survived
We were delighted to see so many of you at this year’s Mapping Marblehead Exhibit opening reception! Our biggest challenge is to show people who know EVERYTHING about Marblehead something they never knew about Marblehead before. I think we did.
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