1950-1959NORTH AMERICA
A 1950s HISTORIC LOOK AT NEW ENGLAND NARRATED BY LOWELL THOMAS
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NEW ENGLAND SCENIC MOUNTAINS. WHITE MOUNTAINS
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FIRST MOUNTAIN CLIMBING RAILROAD IN THE WORLD ON ROUTE TO THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT WASHINGTON. COG-TRACK RAILROAD.
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TOURISTS GET OFF TRAIN AT THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT WASHINGTON
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POV ON SUMMIT OF MOUNT WASHINGTON. SCENIC MOUNTAIN VIEWS
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MOUNTAIN LAKE, WHITE MOUNTAINS, NEW ENGLAND
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FLUME GORGE, 70 FOOT GRANITE WALLS, WATERFALL
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NATURAL STONE FACE "THE OLD MAN IN THE MOUNTAINS".
PROFILE MOUNTAIN |
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NEW ENGLAND RIVER, COUNTRYSIDE
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COVERED BRIDGE
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NEW HAMPSHIRE COAST, OCEAN. LIGHTHOUSE & KEEPER'S HOUSE.
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CU PLYMOUTH ROCK INSCRIBED 1620. LS PORTICO THAT SURROUNDS THE ROCK. AMERICAN HISTORIC SITES
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1950s TOURISTS LOOK DOWN AT PLYMOUTH ROCK
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REPLICA OF A PILGRIM LOG CABIN
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RECREATED PILGRIM VILLAGE PIONEER'S VILLAGE.
PRIMITIVE WIG-WAMS, DUG-OUTS, A-FRAME HUT. OLD SALEM. |
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PIONEER VILLAGE SALT WORKS. BED OF STONES TO PUT FISH ON TO DRY
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PILGRIM WOMAN STOPS AT MAN IN STOCKS, PUBLIC PUNISHMENT WAGS HER FINGER AT HIM.
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PILGRIM COLONISTS LEAVE THEIR HOUSE, PURITAN FAMILY TAKES A SUNDAY STROLL THROUGH OLD SALEM.
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PURITANS ARRIVE AT THE GOVERNOR'S HOUSE FOR RELIGIOUS SERVICE NICE FLOWER AND HERB GARDEN.
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REPLICA OF THE SHIP ARABELLA WHICH BROUGHT GOVERNOR JOHN WINTHROP TO SALEM VILLAGE IN 1630. MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMPANY CHARTER. PEOPLE ON BOARD SHIP
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JOHN ALDEN HOME, BUILT IN 1653, DUXBURY,
MASSACHUSETTS. MARRIED PRISCILLA MULLINS. INTERIOR, KITCHEN, TABLE SET WITH CRUDE WOODEN DISHES. FIREPLACE WHERE THEY COOKED & BAKED. |
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PURITAN COLONIST SPINS WOOL ON SPINNING WHEEL.
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COLONY COBBLER SHOEMAKER MAKES SHOES
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APOTHECARY MIXES DRUGS FOR PURITAN WIFE IN THE VILLAGE APOTHECARY SHOP. DRUGGIST. EARLY PHARMACY
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SEA GULLS, SHIPS, GLOUCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. FISHING FLEET, MODERN (1950s) FISHERMEN UNLOADING CATCH.
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BABY SEALS SET FREE FROM FISHERMEN'S NETS
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DERBY WHARF, SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS. 1950s. RICHARD DERBY.
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CUSTOM HOUSE, SALEM, 1950s
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FANEUIL HALL, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. PETER FANEUIL
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OLD STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, 1950s. BALCONY WHERE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS PROCLAIMED. SITE OF THE BOSTON MASSACRE
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OLDEST FRAME HOUSE, HOME OF PAUL REVERE, NORTH END, BOSTON
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OLD NORTH CHURCH, BOSTON. LANTERNS DISPLAYED HERE.
ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA |
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RECREATION OF 1775 MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE.
SEXTON ROBERT NEWMAN PREPARES THE LANTERNS, CLIMBS THE LADDER TO THE HIGHEST WINDOW. "PAUL REVERE" RIDES TO LEXINGTON. ARRIVES AT THE HOME OF REVEREND JONAS CLARK IN LEXINGTON WHERE PATRIOTS SAM ADAMS & JOHN HANCOCK & A DETACHMENT OF MINUTEMEN ARE WAITING |
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PAUL REVERE ARRIVES IN CONCORD, WARNS COLONISTS, RIDES OFF
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STONE ON LEXINGTON GREEN MARKS THE LINE WHERE THE HANDFUL OF MINUTEMEN FACED THE BRITISH REGULARS. CU CAPTAIN PARKER'S DETERMINED WORDS. "IF THEY MEAN TO HAVE WAR, LET IT BEGIN HERE"
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NORTH BRIDGE, CONCORD. TOURISTS WALK ACROSS THE BRIDGE. SITE WHERE THEY "FIRED THE SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD"
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BRONZE MINUTEMAN STATUE AT THE FOOT OF THE NORTH BRIDGE
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BUNKER HILL MONUMENT, CHARLESTON, MASSACHUSETTS. SITE OF A REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLE
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BOSTON AS SEEN FROM BOSTON COMMON, 1950s. OLDEST CITY PARK IN AMERICA.
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KIDS FEED SWANS IN BOSTON COMMON
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TOURISTS ON "SWAN BOAT" IN BOSTON COMMON PARK
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PARADE IN NEW HAVEN PUBLIC GREEN, 1950s MARCHING BAND CONNECTICUT. GOVERNOR'S FOOT GUARD FOUNDED IN 1775.
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VETERAN SQUARE RIGGER, SHIP IN MYSTIC, CONNECTICUT.
CU SHIP'S FIGUREHEAD. TRIO OF 1950s WOMEN IN BATHING SUITS TURN SHIP'S STEERING WHEEL. GIRLS CLIMB SHIP'S LADDER & WAVE |
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WHALING SHIP, THE CHARLES W. MORGAN AT MYSTIC. 1950s
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THE US FRIGATE CONSTITUTION, "OLD IRONSIDES" AT THE BOSTON NAVY YARD.
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HARVARD COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. 1950s OLDEST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN AMERICA, 1636.
STATUE OF JOHN HARVARD. HARVARD YARD. |
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YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. CONNECTICUT
HALL |
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ANTIQUARIAN HOUSE, CONCORD, RALPH WALDO EMERSON'S STUDY & PERSONAL EFFECTS.
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HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES, SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.
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ORCHARD COTTAGE WHERE LOUISA MAY ALCOTT WROTE LITTLE WOMEN
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CHILD READS FROM A MCGUFFY READER. CU MARY'S LAMB.
"MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB." |
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SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PERIOD COSTUME PLAY AT COUNTRY SCHOOL BUILT IN 1798. SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.
RECREATE THE POEM MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB. LAMB FOLLOWS GIRL TO SCHOOL. DONATED BY MR. & MRS. HENRY FORD & MOVED TO SUDBURY |
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FORD RESTORED HISTORIC VILLAGE AT SUDBURY. 1683 LONGFELLOW'S WAYSIDE INN. SETTING FOR TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN. STAGE COACH PULLS UP TO LET PASSENGERS OUT AT THE INN
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CAMBRIDGE HOME OF LONGFELLOW AT 105 BRATTLE STREET. DESK. INTERIOR. HISTORIC CHESTNUT ARM CHAIR.
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TEACHER READS LONGFELLOW'S "PSALM OF LIFE" TO SCHOOL CHILDREN BESIDE BUST OF LONGFELLOW
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