Dykes, Victor
1948

Scarce Pictorial Map of Marblehead Massachusetts

The Town of Marblehead Mass Yachting Center of the World Birthplace of the U.S. Navy

DESCRIPTION: A scarce 1948 pictorial map of Marblehead Massachusetts. Produced by Marblehead resident Victor Sykes, the map incorporates key locations, with a few key historical facts about the area as well as a bit of Marblehead culture. The locations include:

The old powder house
Old town house - 1727
Marblehead light
Corinthian Yacht Club
Boston Yacht Club
Abbot Hall
Eastern Yacht Club
Skinner Head
Town landing
and the Neck

According to small vignette at the bottom left it was the custom for Marbleheaders to fend off members of the Salem Shags gang by hurling rocks and yelling the battle-cry "Rock 'em round the corner." Marblehead Magazine explains the practice:

"A true Marbleheader ... was once a member of the town's many gangs that took their names from the territory they controlled. There were the Redd's Hillers, Up-alongers, Down-alongers, the Barnegaters, the Ship-yarders, and the Wharf-Rats (they used beach stones). They all pulled together, however, to rebuff invasions by the Salem Shags, giving rise to the phrase "rock em 'round the corner," which meant stoning the Salemites back around the harbor corner roadway." (William Hooper Ireson Peach. Marblehead Magazine. "Twenty Things Every Marblehead Should Know". Online.)

CREATOR: Dykes, Victor

PUBLICATION DATE: 1948

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Marblehead Harbor

CONDITION: Good. Some light age toning.

COLORING: None

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SIZE: " x "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 10

PRICE: $475

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