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Located on Massachusetts' northeast coast, Ipswich is home to the Crane Estate. Comprised of three distinct places—Castle Hill (a National Historic Landmark), Crane Beach, and the Crane Wildlife Refuge—the Crane estate once belonged to one of America's wealthiest families. Castle Hill, illustrated in this 1893 bird's-eye view, was a farm for centuries before becoming a grand summer estate, complete with stately mansion, European-style outbuildings and gardens. Today tour groups explore the estate, and to the estate's east, beachgoers enjoy Crane Beach, known for its miles of shoreline and trails. Nearby, in the center of the Essex River Estuary, is the Crane Wildlife Refuge.
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Document identity
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cj82m0672
label
Ipswich, Mass
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
cj82m0672
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Ipswich, Mass
description
Located on Massachusetts' northeast coast, Ipswich is home to the Crane Estate. Comprised of three distinct places—Castle Hill (a National Historic Landmark), Crane Beach, and the Crane Wildlife Refuge—the Crane estate once belonged to one of America's wealthiest families. Castle Hill, illustrated in this 1893 bird's-eye view, was a farm for centuries before becoming a grand summer estate, complete with stately mansion, European-style outbuildings and gardens. Today tour groups explore the estate, and to the estate's east, beachgoers enjoy Crane Beach, known for its miles of shoreline and trails. Nearby, in the center of the Essex River Estuary, is the Crane Wildlife Refuge.
date
["[1893]"]
year
1893
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_002022
creators
Norris, George E.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Ipswich (Mass.)--Aerial views
subjectsGeographic
Essex (county)
Ipswich
Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
Still image
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Essex
city
Ipswich
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Brockton, Mass.]
publisher
G.E. Norris
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.6667
schema:longitude
-70.8333
extent
1 view ; 39 x 61 cm.
notes
Bird's-eye view.
Relief shown pictorially.
Oriented with north toward the lower left.
Includes index to points of interest and inset view of "North end of High St."
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no
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cj82m0672
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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d2457ea7e316e810