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U.S. Life Saving Station, Rockport, Mass., 1905
This 1905 picture shows the life saving station that remains at Gap Cove to this day. According to a U.S. Coast Guard history, the station was built in 1889 to replace a station built at Davis Neck in...
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The Straitsmouth Inn, Rockport, Mass., 1908
In a post yesterday, I mentioned the Straitsmouth Inn, which stood on Gap Head from 1906 until it burned to the ground on New Year’s Eve in 1958. Built and operated by Ella S. Wilkinson, the inn could...
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Straitsmouth Light, Rockport, Mass., circa 1895
This postcard comes with a bit of mystery. It appears to have been published around 1910 (and is postmarked 1915) and purports to show the Straitsmouth Light. The reverse side of the card describes the...
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The Harbor, The Headlands and Straitsmouth Point, c. 1920
In the nearly 90-plus years since this picture was taken, little has changed. Different boats were moored there then, there is no light on the end of the jetty, and close inspection would no doubt...
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Old Cape Ann Sloop Sailing Through the Gap, circa 1925
This postcard shows a “Cape Ann sloop” sailing through the gap between Straitsmouth Island and Gap Head. The Straitsmouth Island lighthouse is visible in the background. The postcard was published by...
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Panorama, Straitsmouth, Rockport, Mass., circa 1912
Here is a bird’s-eye view looking down Marmion Way towards Gap Head, Straitsmouth Island and Gap Cove. To the left, on Gap Head, you see the old Straitsmouth Inn. Beyond the inn is Straitsmouth Island,...
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Straitsmouth Island & Lighthouse, Rockport, Mass., circa 1909
This view of Straitsmouth Island and the Straitsmouth Lighthouse bears a postmark of Jan. 6, 1910. The postcard was published by The Rotograph Co., New York City. Compare this view of Straitsmouth...
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Straitsmouth Island and Lighthouse, Rockport, Mass., 1905
Note the misspelling of Straitsmouth as “Straithmouth” on this 1905 postcard from the Rotograph Co. of New York City. That aside, this is a beautiful and serene view of the island and lighthouse....
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America’s Cup Defenders ‘Weetamoe’ and ‘Vanitie’ off Straitsmouth, 1932
In 1930, for the first time in America’s Cup competition, a universal rule was adopted for the design of eligible yachts, the J class. These J Class yachts had a waterline length of between 75 to 87...
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View of Straitsmouth Island, Rockport, Mass., circa 1914
In this unusual view, Straitsmouth Island and its lighthouse stand off in the distance, with a ship about to pass them by. If anyone has any idea of from where this was taken, I’d love to hear it. The...
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A Tennis Court View of Straitsmouth Island, circa 1919
I have to assume that this tennis court, with its clear and proximate view of Straitsmouth Island, was part of the old Straitsmouth Inn, out on Gap Head Road, off Marmion Way. But then I went down...
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Live Saving Station, Rockport, Mass., circa 1905
The U.S. Live Saving Station on Gap Cove in Rockport was built in 1889 and remains there today, now a private residence. Originally named the Gap Cove Station, the name was changed to Straitsmouth...
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View from Straitsmouth Inn, Rockport, Mass., circa 1920
Last August, I put up a postcard showing a tennis court looking out towards Straitsmouth Island. I speculated that the tennis court was part of the old Straitsmouth Inn, on Gap Head Road off Marmion...
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Straitsmouth Inn, Rockport, Mass., circa 1912
Here is a real-photo postcard view of the Straitsmouth Inn, which stood on the tip of Gap head from 1906 until it burned to the ground on New Year’s Eve in 1958. For another view of the inn, see this …...
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Found on the Web: Visitors to Straitsmouth Light, 1913
From the archives of Harvard University comes this 1914 view of Straitsmouth Light on Straitsmouth Island off the coast off Rockport. The women in the picture are from the Radcliffe College class of...
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Straitsmouth Point, Rockport, Mass., circa 1925
This postcard, with its beautiful view of Straitsmouth Island and lighthouse, is unique. I have over 100 postcards that were published by the Rockport Photo Bureau. Yet this is the first I’ve seen that...
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The Stone Fireplace, Straitsmouth Inn, circa 1925
The Straitsmouth Inn stood on the tip of Gap Head, also known as Straitsmouth Point, from 1906 to 1958, when it burned to the ground on New Year’s Eve. I’ve posted other views of the exterior of the...
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Found on the Web: Gap Head and Straitsmouth, 1888
This 1888 photograph is described as a view of Rockport Point with Straitsmouth Island in the background. This point is more commonly known as Gap Head or Straitsmouth Point. What is remarkable about...
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Gap Cove, Rockport, Mass., circa 1915
This view is looking from Straitsmouth Point across Gap Cove, with the Twin Lights of Thacher Island in the distance. The Straitsmouth Inn would have been a bit farther down the road to the left. The...
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U.S. Life Saving Station, Rockport, in Living Color, 1905
Here is a colorized version of a card I previously posted in black and white, showing the life saving station at Gap Cove in Rockport. Both cards are from The Rotograph Company in New York and bear a...
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