1937The annual Rockport Artists’ Ball had 900 attendees with about 2,000 people watching and partying outside.Arts and Culture, Events & Anniversaries, Celebrations & Anniversaries, Art

Gloucester Daily Times. “Artists’ Annual Ball at Rockport Drew Vast Throngs.” August 14, 1937, Vol. 72 No. 15603 edition. https://sawyer.advantage-preservation.com/

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The theme of the event was “voodoo.” Unfortunately, the size of the event led the Rockport Art Association to immediately cancel all future public balls.

Oaks, Martha, and Cape Ann Historical Museum, editors. Ars Longa, Vita Brevis: Rockport Artists in the 1930s: July 10 through October 16, 2010: Cape Ann Museum. Cape Ann Museum, 2010.

Other Events

1937
The gill-netter Liboria C was wrecked on the Cut Bridge rocks.
1937
Five Pound Island was purchased for over $12,000 for a fish pier.
1937
The Gloucester schooner Gertrude L. Thebaud left Gloucester with Commander MacMillan and a 37-person crew for an arctic exploration.
1937
Virginia Lee Burton published her first of seven children's books, Choo Choo.

1937The annual Rockport Artists’ Ball had 900 attendees with about 2,000 people watching and partying outside.Arts and Culture, Events & Anniversaries, Celebrations & Anniversaries, Art

Other Events

The gill-netter Liboria C was wrecked on the Cut Bridge rocks.

Five Pound Island was purchased for over $12,000 for a fish pier.

The Gloucester schooner Gertrude L. Thebaud left Gloucester with Commander MacMillan and a 37-person crew for an arctic exploration.

Virginia Lee Burton published her first of seven children's books, Choo Choo.