May 19, 2026 Submitted And Photo By Geri Duff Turkey Hill Army veteran Joe Saponaro was born in Boston in 1912. In 1947, after WWII, he moved to Hingham with his wife and two children. He bought the land at the top of Turkey Hill while working for the Boston Herald and established the riding stables …
May 13, 2026 by Geri Duff This photo and caption came from a Kimball family album. It was given to the Bare Cove Fire Museum and copied. Later, the Family thought it would be more appropriate at the Hingham Historical Society, and it was sent there. These are the words of Jim Kimball: “The Centre …
May 6, 2026 by Geri Duff This is Bertha Hobart Stringer in her American Red Cross Motor Corps uniform in 1943. Bertha was no stranger to uniforms. She organized the first Hingham Girl Scout Troop in 1917 and the first Hingham Girl Scout Sailing “Mariner” Troop in 1935. During WWII she was deeply involved in …
Old Ship Parish House in 1944 April 29, 2026 By Geri Duff Trying to inspire faith during WWII, “Our Example is Worth a Thousand Arguments” read the sign in 1944 on the Old Ship First Parish House that was built in 1690. In 1977 it was bought by the Hingham Co-operative Bank (now defunct) and …
April 22, 2026 by Geri Duff When the second of the three new fire stations was opened in 1942, the public was invited inside the building for tours. Hanging over the fireplace was a bronze plaque donated by Ira G. Hersey listing all the names of the foremen of the Torrent hand tub fire company …
Mrs. Sibley’s Tea Room April 15, 2025 by Geri Duff This is the Joshua Tower House at 78 High Street, built in 1830. About 1916, when the Sibley family lived here, Mrs. Sibley (Louise) ran a tea room out of her home while her husband, Frank, earned a living as a Boston Globe Reporter. In …
Willard Hall April 8, 2026 By Geri Duff This is quite possibly the earliest photo of Hingham Square which must have been taken some time before 1847. You can see the lawn of the Old Ship Church has not been pushed back. The building to the left (north side) of the church was Willard Hall …
March 25, 2026 by Geri Duff In 1941 Francis Cooke Macgregor had submitted some of her photographs to the publisher G.P. Putnam and Sons in hopes of having them published but nothing happened until Eleanor Roosevelt also went to G.P. Putnam and Sons looking into the possibility of a patriotic book being published. The project came together with …
March 18, 2026 by Geri Duff This cozy home at 17 Leavitt Street was once the home of James Arthur Ray. Over the roof line you can see the hose drying tower of Central Fire on Short Street. Jay Ray as he was called put in many years as a Hingham firefighter at Central Fire while earning …
March 11, 2026 by Geri Duff These are the Hudson brothers’ homes, William’s on the left and Augustus’ on the right, at the end of North Street near Beal. Both brothers held patents for photographic improvements but William was the prominent photographer around Hingham and most likely took this picture about 1860. Augustus was a cabinet maker and …
