English colonists established a settlement in Portsmouth in 1623 and called it “Strawbery Banke.” This area of Portsmouth, which came to be known as Puddle Dock, has cultural and historical importance...
Explore the collectionThe Cold War was a 45-year standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. In the years following WWII, the US and the USSR began building and testing atomic...
Explore the collectionThe items in this collection are part of Helen Pearson's portfolio of work that she created around the time she attended Cowles School of Art in Boston. Portsmouth Herald newspaper articles place her...
Explore the collectionThe Portsmouth Public Library is endeavoring to historically document this unusual time in our shared Portsmouth, New Hampshire History. As always, staff of the Special Collections Room are physically...
Explore the collectionThe collection was assembled by Henry Clay Barnabee and his wife, Clara George Barnabee between 1866 and 1906. It was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library between 1907 and 1909 by Henry Clay...
Explore the collectionHistoric materials from the 350th anniversary of the City of Portsmouth, celebrated in 1973.
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