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SALEM · MARBLEHEAD · THE NORTH SHORE

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A story from hereBack says “Tom and Maggie Nelson”. I believe this is my uncle Tommy

“Back says “Tom and Maggie Nelson”. I believe this is my uncle Tommy”

David Saunders · 29 Porter St, Beverly MA

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Every place has a story.

This project started when I found a photo of The Great Salem Fire of 1914 taken from Gallows Hill and spotted my own house in the foreground. That moment of connection, across a century, is what we're building for every home, every street, every neighborhood.

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The Great Salem Fire of 1914, photographed from Gallows Hill

The Fire From Gallows Hill, 1914. Photograph by M. E. Robb.

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One building, generations of memories

76 Lafayette St, Salem — 1925

1925

76 Lafayette St, Salem — ~1941

~1941

“My grandparents met working here during WW2 when it was Hytron Radio & Electronics. My grandmother used to say she spotted my grandfather across the factory floor. The building looks almost the same as it did a hundred years ago.”

— David S.

“In the '90s this was a West Coast Video — I rented movies here every Friday night. My mom would let me pick one and I always went straight for the horror section.”

— A neighbor

Salem Elevator Works → Hytron Radio → West Coast Video. Same building since 1925.

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131 Cabot St., Beverly, MA

131 Cabot St., Beverly, MA

The corner of Webb and Pleasant St.

114 Bridge St., Salem, MA

The corner of Webb and Pleasant St.

50 Washington St., Salem, MA 01970

50 Washington St., Salem, MA 01970

1931·
This photo is a little before my time, but looks very similar to when I was a kid. We used to go to that CVS and Crosby's all the time. In fact, we'd climb up the hill behind the CVS and pass through the apartment building parking lot at the top on our way back to Langdon St. I have scoped that area out recently, and it is no longer really open for that kind of passage! This photo looks like it was taken from the driveway of 45 Warren St.

44 Warren St., Salem, MA 01970

1970·

This photo is a little before my time, but looks very similar to when I was a kid. We used to go to that CVS and Crosby's all the time. In fact, we'd climb up the hill behind the CVS and pass through the apartment building parking lot at the top on our way back to Langdon St. I have scoped that area out recently, and it is no longer really open for that kind of passage! This photo looks like it was taken from the driveway of 45 Warren St.

Salem's first motorized fire department apparatus

30 Church St., Salem, MA

1912·

Salem's first motorized fire department apparatus

359 Essex St., Salem, MA 01970

359 Essex St., Salem, MA 01970

1920·
Postcard of Hawthorne's birthplace. Undated.

27 Union St., Salem, MA

Postcard of Hawthorne's birthplace. Undated.

My family and I camped on Baker's Island in the summer of 2022.

Baker's Island, Salem, MA

2026·

My family and I camped on Baker's Island in the summer of 2022.

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