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Whoa Nellie

Written by Strawbery Banke Archive

Nellie Newell Strawbery Banke Presents
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #12

We don’t know whether Helen Newell could really play the banjo. We do know that "Nellie", seen wearing a garland of pinecones, was the daughter of photographer Lafayette V. Newell. Born in Barnstead, Newell married Annie Rider of Portsmouth in 1857. His photography shop on Congress Street created an incredible record of Victorian Portsmouth.

HISTORIC PHOTOS of the Greater Portsmouth Area appear here weekly
READ MORE about photographer Lafayette V Newell

Nellie Newell

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.

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