History

Down to the Sea | From Our Archives

Martha Hale Harvey documented the landscapes and people of turn-of-the-century Cape Ann. Among Martha Hale Harvey’s hundreds of photos of Cape Ann life is this portrait of her husband, George Wainwright Harvey (1855–1930), an oil and watercolor artist renowned for his landscape and maritime scenes. Born in Gloucester in 1862, Martha Hale Rogers married her […]

Massachusetts

Annisquam Harbor Light

Sunset at Annisquam Harbor Light. Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Yankee

Sayings of the Oracle

Excerpt from “Sayings of the Oracle,” Yankee Magazine January 1964. ♦Me.: Dear Oracle: A question you may be able to answer. My husband has a century-old clock with wooden works–used by his grandfather on a clipper ship. Do you know of anyone who can make it run? A.S.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations […]

Magazine

The Double Life of Laura Shaw

Was Laura Shaw a reclusive, lonely, mild-mannered claims clerk or a high-rolling, horse-owning millionaire? When she embezzled more than 4 million dollars, she was both. Laura Shaw is rich. A millionaire horsewoman with homes in three states. Some say she’s a lottery winner. Or the daughter of a Midwest jeweler. Or a supermarket heiress from […]

New England

The Single Soldier Monument | Civil War Memorial

In small towns throughout New England stand statues of a Civil War soldier, memorials to the nation’s deadliest conflict, which ended 150 years ago this April. We see them everywhere, yet they are nearly invisible. On hundreds of village greens across new england, in hundreds of city parks, before hundreds of libraries and town halls, […]

New England

Photos of New England | Weekly Instagram

Yankee Magazine‘s editors and contributors have been snapping photos all over New England for our Instagram feed.  Here we present a sampling of  their most popular photos from February, March, and April of 2015.

New England

Spring in New England | Photographs

View a sampling of our editors’ images depicting spring in New England. Follow our Instagram feed for your daily dose of New England. Pickity Place in Mason, NH Cabot Cove in Kennebunkport, ME Gingerbread Cottages in Oak Bluffs, MA Flowering Trees in Providence, RI Harbor View in Mystic, CT Bleeding Hearts in Keene, NH Taftsville Covered […]

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