Strawbery Banke Presents
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #176

With a spittoon by the mayor’s desk, this all-male city council meets beneath portraits of their founding fathers. The photo appears to be the 1921 council led by Mayor F.W. Hartford, also founder of the Portsmouth Herald. In 1945 the city elected a female mayor, Mary C. Dondero, whose daughter Eileen Foley alter served as mayor.

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This image from the book STRAWBERY BANKE:
A Seaport Museum 400 Years in the Making
by J. Dennis Robinson
(c) Strawbery Banke Museum Collection

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