Snapshots of the Past

New Ocean House and beach, Swampscott, Mass. – Vintage Wall Art

New Ocean House and beach, Swampscott, Mass., c1907. — historic photograph
New Ocean House and beach, Swampscott, Mass., c1907.. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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.)

Description

New Ocean House and beach, Swampscott, Mass. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

New Ocean House and beach, Swampscott, Mass.

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

The New Ocean House was one of the large summer hotels on the rocky shore of Swampscott, a seaside town just north of Boston, and this view centers on its grounds and the beach below. Hotels like it drew wealthy families from Boston and other cities for summer stays, so the picture captures a leisure economy built around sea air and bathing. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this glass-plate view around 1907, sold travel views of resorts and scenic places to a national market, so the picture also shows how such destinations were presented to vacationers at the time.

Created / publishedc1907.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes3396 A" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019964. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHotels. Beaches.United States--Massachusetts--Swampscott.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 807 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-63267

More from the Detroit Publishing Company collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

The Beach, looking east, Swampscott, Mass.The Beach, looking east, Swampscott, Mass.John Ward House, Salem, Mass.John Ward House, Salem, Mass.Pickering House, Salem, Mass.Pickering House, Salem, Mass.On the beach at Ross' pavilion, Ocean Grove, N.J.On the beach at Ross' pavilion, Ocean Grove, N.J.[The Bathing beach, Magnolia, Mass.][The Bathing beach, Magnolia, Mass.][Nantasket Beach, Mass.][Nantasket Beach, Mass.]