DESCRIPTION: Unrecorded and very scarce pictorial map of Boston's South Shore including the towns of Hingham and Cohasset. The map includes the locations of Bumkin Island, Weir River, World's End, Planters Hill, Sandy Beach, and Hominy Point. Inset illustrations of historical structures including the Garrison House, "Old Ship Church" and "The Old Ordinary" as well as named homes of local families including Ulman, Beal, Reilly, Donovan, Bolles, Foss and the entrance to the estate of Mrs. Thomas J. Plant and Mrs. E.R. Thayer's Weir River Farm.
No examples of the map in WorldCat, OWA, or AMPR. No other copies found online. An online search turned up another map by Dummer in a very similar style and format: "Points of Interest in Quaint Marblehead, published by the Marblehead Craft Shop.
Signed, and dated within to August 4, 1929,
H. Boylston Dummer (1878–1945)
Rowley, Massachusetts native H. Boylston Dummer was a well-known illustrator and artist. He was best known for his paintings of rugged New England scenes and for his animal drawings and illustrations for children's books. Dummer worked as a staff artist at the Boston Post, and illustrated for The Youth’s Companion, a national weekly children’s magazine.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1929
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States
BODY OF WATER: Massachusetts Bay, Hingham Bay
CONDITION: Good.
A few short marginal tears (< .5 in.). A spot or two.
COLORING: None
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 14
" x
11 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION:
PRICE: $450
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