Higgins History
Higgins Beach has changed dramatically over the years, and to capture the spirit of what was then with our photos of what is now, we have enlisted the services of Scarborough and Higgins Beach Historian Rodney Laughton along with other beach owners and visitors who wish to share their photos. When appropriate, we will then take our camera to the same spot so that you can compare then and now.
This month, we visit ...
Click on any thumbnail photo below to go to that page.
 Pearl St 1930's Photos
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 Blizzard of '78 Photos
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 Greenwood and Pearl 1930's
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 Bayview Cottages 1920's
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 Cliff Street 1950's
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 The Oceanside Hotel
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 The Breakers 1940's
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 Beach Rakers
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 The Ledges 1958
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 Vesper Street 1930's
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 The Wreck
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 Ocean Aveneue 1920's
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 Ashton Street 1940's
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 The Green Bean
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 Ocean Ave Crossing
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 The Pavilion 1930's
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 Lifeboat
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 Buggy Traffic
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 Silver Sands 1947
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 Exercise Time On The Beach
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 Bayview Cottages ~ 1930
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 Beach Aerial
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 10 Houghton St
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 Beach Croquet
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 Stone Cottage
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 Bayview Lineup 1929
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 Higgins Plot Plan Map
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 Bayview Sea Wall 1970's
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 Seawitch Circa 1900
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 Taxpayer Monument
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 Hiawartha ~ 1900
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 Hot Dog Stand
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 Clubhouse Party 1950's
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 Water Supply
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 Dew-Drop Inn
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 Log Cutting
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 Greenwood at Ashton
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 Sherbrooke Cottage 1910
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 Cain Cottage ~1900
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 Bayview Fire 1944
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 Cottage Row 1912
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 Turkey Time
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 55 Bayview Ave ~1950
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 Kelly Cottage Pre-WWII
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 Vesper Street Seawall
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 Low Tide Beach 1934
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 Sea View Manor
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 Upper Bayview 1920's
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 Sandy Beach in 1936
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 Early Beach 1910-1918
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 12 Houghton Street 1953
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 Travels of the Nugget
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 Ocean Ave 1906
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 Bottom of Vesper Early 1950's
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 Bunch Arrival 1916
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 White Caps circa 1890
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 Across Morning Street
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 24 Vesper St 1926
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 Fannie & Edith
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 The Other Wreck
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 Tent City on Vesper
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 The Billoview 1924
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 Beach Bathers 1950's
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 Wreck Diving ~1929
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 Higgins Beach 19??
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 Sea View Avenue
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 Bayview Ave Date Unknown
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 Spurwink Bull
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 Captain Al
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 Corner of Vesper 1956
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 Beachfront Cottages 1920's
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 Dunegrass Pathways 1920
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 Carrageen Cottage 1918
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 Vesper St Seawall 1950
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 Greenwood at Ashton 1947
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 Life Saver & Ship Ahoy!
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 Merigold Tea Room
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 Higgins Water Tower
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 Curley Cottage
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 Big-e-Nuf 1945
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 Missing Lifeboat
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 Upper Vesper 1930's
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 28 Ashton Street 1936
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 Looking From The Inn
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 The Higgins Beach Grill
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 32 Bayview For $900
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 SP Cycle Club
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 Larkspur 1911
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 Ashton Street Viewpoint
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 Pearl Street View
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 Bayview Avenue 1930's
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 13 Houghton 1930's
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 19 Ocean 1950's
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 14 Houghton 1912
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 Upper Ocean 1930's
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 When Did The Shack Arrive??
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 Greenwood and Pearl 1920's
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 Bayview Log Cabin 1940's
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 43 Bayview Cottage 1950's
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 Havachat 1939
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 Silver Sands Parking 1950
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 The Original Len Libby's
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 Vesper and Bayview 1920's
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 Cape View 1927
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 Higgins Beach Shot 1930s
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 Higgins History 1917
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 Jack The Hermit
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 The Mushroom Cottage
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 The Conora
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 13 Morning St 1938
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 20 Vesper 1928
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 The Towers on Ocean
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 The Other Wreck Reappears
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 23 Ashton 1933
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 Bayview Winter 1950's
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 February on Ashton 1954
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 Higgins Beach Inn 1923
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Oceanside Apartments 1920's
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 The Ledges Clubhouse 1957
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 35 Morning St 1948
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 Cliff Street Pose ~1910
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 The Pavilion ~1920's
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 Morning Street 1930's
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 Damage to The Silver Sands 1979
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 Snow Job On Pearl 1968
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 Silver Sands In Winter
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 Pearl Street In Snow 1956
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Bayview 53 in the 1940's
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 18 Ocean Ave 1941
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 23 Morning St 1949
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 43 Bayview 1940's
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 Lower Ocean Ave in the 1930's
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 The Breakers Inn 1957
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 Shipwreck Cottages 1984
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 Bayview In Snow 1940's
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 The Leaning Silver Sands 1978
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 50 Bayview Ave 1960
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 Early Cliff Street
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 The Pride Cottage 1960's
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 5 Shell Street 1939
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 Oceanside Apartments Garage
1935
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 Sea Level Changes
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 22 Bayview 1940's
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 Lower Vesper St 1940
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 Stone House Construction
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 26 Morning St 1880's
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 Morning St 1880's
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 Whaling Dory On The Spurwink
1900's
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 Ocean Avenue circa 1900
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 Al Angell's Original
Fishing Shack
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 Higgins Beach Inn 1930's
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 The Retlaw Cottage 1940's
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 Surrey With The Fringe On Top
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 New Pilings on Morning Street
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 Playing On The Beach
In The 1920's
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 Naked Clubhouse
In The 1950's
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 Bayview Avenue
In The Late 1950's
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 Stetson Cottage 1970
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 The Silver Sands 1935
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 Greenwood At Ocean
1920's
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 East Point 1920's
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 Breakesr From The Beach ~1910
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 The Old Wreck ~1980
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 28 Greenwood Ave 2001
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 Silver Sands 1930's
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 The Original Higgins Family Farm 1919
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 The Oceanside Apartments 1933
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 3 Morning Street
1940's
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 The Pavilion
1950's
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 Houghton Street 1941
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 River Shack Early 1900's
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 26 Ocean Avenue 1954
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 15 Houghton 1943
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 Pearl Street Ramp 1984
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 Diving In Style ~1913
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 The Oceanside Apartment House in 1945
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 19 Bayview In Snow 1970
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 Social Distancing
100 Years Ago
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 Pearl Street 1930's
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 Silver Sands 1950
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 Higgins Fly-In 1920
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 Who Remembers
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