1918Art collector and philanthropist, Isabella Stewart Gardner rented Dabsville member Caroline Sinkler’s home on Eastern Point for the summer of 1918.People and Communities, Arts and Culture, Notable People, Art

Guests at the home of A. Piatt Andrew, including Isabella Stewart Gardner, April 8, 1912. Phelps, Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Photo 14500

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During this summer, Martin Mower, who vacationed with his family in Gloucester at The BeachCroft, painted Isabella reading a book by the fountain in the garden at her rented home.

Summer Vacation in Gloucester. https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/summer-vacation-gloucester.

Other Events

1918
Childe Hassam visited Cape Ann and focused on Gloucester’s Unitarian Universalist Church on Middle Street as a symbol of patriotism.
1918
The first woman to work as a pharmacist in Massachusetts was Nellie Bass of Gloucester.
1918
Gloucester's WWI aviator Eric Lingard flew the first plane to defend American shores from a German U-Boat attack.
1918
Alexander Gordon Lyle, an officer in the Navy from Gloucester, received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on the French front.

1918Art collector and philanthropist, Isabella Stewart Gardner rented Dabsville member Caroline Sinkler’s home on Eastern Point for the summer of 1918.People and Communities, Arts and Culture, Notable People, Art

Other Events

Childe Hassam visited Cape Ann and focused on Gloucester’s Unitarian Universalist Church on Middle Street as a symbol of patriotism.

The first woman to work as a pharmacist in Massachusetts was Nellie Bass of Gloucester.

Gloucester's WWI aviator Eric Lingard flew the first plane to defend American shores from a German U-Boat attack.

Alexander Gordon Lyle, an officer in the Navy from Gloucester, received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on the French front.