Gift Giving Guild Gathers in Garden

Margaret Smith in Strawbery Banke Guild / SeacoastNH.com Strawbery Banke Presents
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #182

In 1959 a band of volunteers formed what became the Guild of Strawbery Banke, dedicated to raising funds for the new museum. Founding members pose here in at the John Paul Jones House in the early 1960s. The late Margaret Smith is at the far right. Cynthia Raymond (center), now in her mid-90s, is still an active museum benefactor.

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Guild of Strawbery Banke in garden at Portsmouth Historical Society (John Paul JOnes House) in Portsmouth NH in the early 1960s/ Copyright Strawbery Banke Museum Collection

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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Cynthia Raymond (left) among early Strawbery Guild membenrs (c) Strawbery Banke Museum

Unidentified members of early Guild of Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, NH (c0 Strawbery Banke Museum

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