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[Bird's-eye view of Marblehead, Massachusetts, with boats on water] – Vintage Map Wall Art

[Bird's-eye view of Marblehead, Massachusetts, with boats on water], c1912. — historic photograph
[Bird's-eye view of Marblehead, Massachusetts, with boats on water], c1912.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Marblehead's crowded harbor is the subject here, seen from above as a bird's-eye view with boats riding the water below the town. The picture dates to about 1912 and is a photographic print, one of a series of town views made in the 1910s by the photographer Fred B. Litchman, whose copyright registration is noted in the record. Marblehead was a working fishing port on the North Shore of Massachusetts, and its waterfront of moored hulls and wharves reflected a maritime economy that shaped the town for generations. Look closely at the mix of sail and small craft packed along the shore to get a sense of how the harbor was used at the time.

Created / publishedc1912.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreCityscape photographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920.
Notesbetween 173211 and 173215 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Fred B. Litchman.
SubjectsBoats--Massachusetts--Marblehead--1910-1920. Harbors--Massachusetts--Marblehead--1910-1920. Waterfronts--Massachusetts--Marblehead--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,265 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-178870

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