Strawbery Banke Presents
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #41

Paul Revere' sent a mob here to New Castle in 1774, but things were sleepy in 1902. The gated entrance to Fort Constitution was built in 1808 to ward off a second war with Britain. Here members of the US Coast Artillery Company 124 appear less than battle-ready. One man carries a lunch tray and others hold baseball gloves. (click for more pix)

HISTORIC PHOTOS of the Greater Portsmouth Area appear here weekly

From HISIORIC 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 IMAGES: Details from 1902 photo above. Click for more information on the former Fort William and Mary Raid