Strawbery Banke
Subtitle: a seaport museum 400 years in the making
By: J. Dennis Robinson.
Publisher: Published for Strawbery Banke Museum by Peter E. Randall Publisher; Distributed by University Press of New England
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Portsmouth, N.H; Hanover [N.H.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9780960389629
Subjects: Strawbery Banke, Inc.; Historical museums -- New Hampshire -- Portsmouth.; Historic buildings -- New Hampshire -- Portsmouth.; Portsmouth (N.H.) -- History.; Piscataqua River (N.H. and Me.) -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-353) and index.
Table of contents: value: Opening ceremonies (1965); value: Left behind : the orphaned plantation (1600-1635); value: Portsmouth at Rivermouth (1635-1700); value: On the waterfront (the 1700s); value: The birth of Puddle Dock (the 1800s); value: Red lights and white gloves (1900-1935); value: The maritime village idea (1935-1955); value: Three strong voices (1955-1958); value: Strawbery Banke Inc. (1958-1965); value: Shifting foundations (1965-1975); value: Portsmouth reborn (1975-1985); value: Back to the future (1985-2008).