May 28, 2025 by Geri Duff The majority of the early photographs of Hingham were taken by men. As cameras became smaller and film could be sent out to be developed, women took up the hobby. Miss. Genevieve Crosby worked as a clerk in the town accountant’s office and loved taking photographs. She picked up the hobby …
May 21, 2025 by Geri Duff In South Hingham religious meetings were held occasionally in private homes until 1890. At that time Mrs. Annie Belcher and her sister Sara Chubbick of Gardner Street, with the neighbors, established a Sunday School along with regular Sunday Services in a rented room in Leonard Gardner’s woodenware manufactory. As there was no …
May 14, 2025 story and photos by Geri Duff In July of 1914 there was a fire in the Rhodes Ripley Clothing Factory on Elm Street. After the newspapers reported on the fire, they commented that this gave “very many” a chance to see the beautiful gardens of John J. Moore next door at number 84 …
Battle of Olustee, lithograph, 1894, Kurz & Allison [Wikipedia; public domain] February 10, 2022 Submitted by Paula M. Bagger After the Emancipation Proclamation issued in January 1863, some of the Northern states, followed by the federal government, started to recruit and train regiments of Black troops to support the Union effort. One of the first, and indisputably …
Photo courtesy of Hingham Historical Society February 11, 2021, Submitted by Hingham Historical Commission The Hingham Historical Commission is pleased to announce the 3RD annual high school essay contest on the history of Hingham. The winner of the Hingham Historical Essay Award will receive a $500 cash prize, funded by the Commission, and a certificate …
1914 – Three generations of Kimballs at the office of George E. Kimball Lumber on Summer St. in Hingham Harbor, 1914. The Kimball family – beginning with George E. Kimball pictured here with his family at the turn of the 20th century and continuing to his great-granddaughter Judy – have over the years, graciously donated …
Originally published by the Hingham Historical Society All photos are courtesy of HHS Nestled in the alcove of the Kelly Gallery at the Hingham Heritage Museum sits a musical treasure. This spinnet, or square fortepiano is one of a very small number that were built between 1790 and 1794 by James Henry Houston of Houston …
By: Bob Malme, Archivist, Hingham Historical Society In honor of St. Patrick’s Day and thanks to two binders of the John P. Richardson Collection co-owned by the Hingham Historical Commission and Hingham Historical Society, I would like to introduce the Dalys, one of the town’s earliest Irish immigrant families. Daniel Daly (1825-1911) was born in …
By: Paula Bagger for the Hingham Historical Society Newly inaugurated President George Washington toured the New England states in the fall of 1789, arriving in Boston on October 24 to an elaborate public celebration. A triumphal arch, designed by Charles Bulfinch, was constructed in Washington’s honor at the west end of the Old State House, …
Photo Courtesy of Hingham Historical Society HISTORY MOMENT: ELIZABETH COATSWORTH (1893-1986) by Deirdre Anderson, Executive Director Growing up in Hingham, Elizabeth Coatsworth’s 1946 book The Littlest House was a favorite for my sister, Clare and me. We would check out a copy from the Hingham Public Library and ride our bikes down Summer …
