Wenham (Images of America) - Softcover

Janes, Annette V.; Wenham Museum

Softcover

ISBN 10: 073857645X ISBN 13: 9780738576459

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Established in 1643, the picturesque town of Wenham is located in the heart of Essex County on Massachusetts’s North Shore. The town boasts of a “great pond” with ice so clear that “Queen Victoria would have no other,” 11 First Period Colonial homes, the Wenham Museum, an immense and wild swamp, a unique teahouse, and a doll that traveled the world as a goodwill ambassador. Historically, Wenham was a farming community, but the advent of the railroad in 1839 and electric cars in 1895 brought opportunity for businesses, such as a leather and a shoe factory, and the ice trade. By 1940, only small shops remained. Wenham proudly retains its historic and pastoral charm today.

About this title

About the Author:

Annette V. Janes, author of Hamilton, is vice president of Hamilton Historical Society and a trustee of Hamilton-Wenham Public Library. She wrote this book with the Wenham Museum, a museum of New England childhood and family life exploring how we have lived, worked, dressed, and played from the 17th century to today. Janes has selected the best images from the museum’s extensive photographic archives to create this pictorial history of Wenham.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 073857645X
• ISBN 13: 9780738576459
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128