Gypsy Buskers in Market Square

Gypsy violin player/ Strawbery Banke Museum
Strawbery Banke Presents
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #110

Street "buskers" in Market Square is nothing new. In this photo a "gypsy" father leans on a harp as two sons play violins. The picture was likely taken out the window of Lafayette Newell’s studio on Congress Street placing it between 1882 and 1886.

HISTORIC PHOTOS of the Greater Portsmouth Area appear here weekly

Gypsy street musicians in Victorian Market Square Portsmouth, NH (c) Strawbery Banke Museum Archive on SeacoastNH.com

From HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
Early Photographs from the Collections of Strawbery Banke
by James L. Garvin & Susan Grigg, Peter Randall Publisher
(c) Strawbery Banke Museum . All rights reserved

BONUS CLOSE-UPS

Street Details in Portsmouth / Strawbery Banke

Portsmouth, NH street scene detail / Strawbery Banke Archive

Cart house in Portsmouth, NH Market Square / Strawbery Banke

News about Portsmouth from Fosters.com