Danvers, MA: From 1850 To 1899

The story of Danvers, Massachusetts, formerly Salem Village, unfolds before our eyes through the medium of early photography taken from 1850 to 1899. Illustrated subjects include Danvers in the Civil War, the story of first great American philanthropist George Peabody, sites and building associated with the infamous1692 Salem Village witchcraft events and images of the various Danvers pocket villages and elegant mansions occupied by such notables as poet John Greenleaf Whittier and Secretary of War William C. Endicott.