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  • Wedding Dress Worn by Nathaniel Carter’s Bride, Mary Beck, Newburyport 1742
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Newburyport Postcards, Clam Diggers, Plum Island

Newburyport Postcard, Clam Diggers at Work
Newburyport Postcard, Clam Diggers at Work

This is a Newburyport postcard that I had never seen, clam diggers at work in the Plum Island basin. (Press image to enlarge.)

Posted on May 21, 2012May 21, 2012Author Mary Baker EatonCategories Community, Culture, Economy, Historic Photographs & Images, Historic Preservation, Newburyport, Stuff

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