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Edward Hitch; Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942

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Weymouth. The Esplanade

Weymouth. The Esplanade

This postcard shows Weymouth’s Esplanade–a long beach stretching along a road and row of buildings. Many people walk both on the beach and the nearby sidewalk. On the beach can be seen many movable huts. Charles C. Myers points out a clock tower visible midway down the beach.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Another view of the Esplanade a little farther down and showing the little bath houses on wheels. When you want to take a bath in the surf they furnish you with a little house on wheels that is pushed out in the water as far as you like. After you are through your salt water bath you again enter the bath house and it is pulled out on the sandy beach.”

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Charles C. Myers Collection

Weymouth. Greenhill Gardens

Weymouth. Greenhill Gardens

This postcard shows a view of the neatly kept Greenhill Gardens of Weymouth, England. Path lead among hedges, while the garden as a whole overlooks the beach and nearby Weymouth Bay.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “This is just a little farther back upon the hill as you can see by the little tents on the beach. This gives you an idea of how well kept are the gardens and hedges which add so much beauty to the park.”

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Charles C. Myers Collection

Upway Wishing Well, near Weymouth

Upway Wishing Well, near Weymouth

This postcard shows a mineral spring and wishing well near Weymouth, England. Several people lean on the well near the spring. Charles C. Myers shares that there is a local superstition that if you drink the water of the spring and make a wish at the same time, the wish will be granted.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Back in the hills not far from Weymouth is a beautiful brook and quite a summer resort named Wishing Well. There is a spring there and an abundance of mineral water and some supersticious [sic] people seem to think that if you go there and make a wish while drinking this water that the wish will come true. Anyway the place is quite a noted summer resort.”

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Charles C. Myers Collection

Portland. The Pulpit Rock

Portland. The Pulpit Rock

This postcard shows a large rock standing in Weymouth Bay. A person stands on top of it, while the water of the bay can be seen below. Charles C. Myers explains that this rock lies at the very end of an arm of land reaching out into the bay.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Across the bay from Weymouth there is a narrow point of land reaching far out onto the bay and this is called Portland bill. Here we see the extreme point of this cape which is rather a ‘rocky place.'”

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Charles C. Myers Collection

The Isle of Portland

The Isle of Portland

This postcard shows the village of Portland. Above the village, on top of a large hill, sits the largest prison in England.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “The main part of this narrow strip of land is called Portland Isle and the village of Portland is only a small place while above the city on top of the hill is the largest prison in England, several thousand prisoners being confined there.”

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Charles C. Myers Collection

Portland Prison Gate. Convicts going to Work.

Portland Prison Gate. Convicts going to Work.

This postcard shows the gate of Portland Prison with a number of drawn prisoners filing out from the gate accompanied by guards. The walls of the prison are covered with ivy, while barred windows. Charles C. Myers adds, in a handwritten note, that the prison is situated on top of the high hill near Portland Harbor, and is said to contain one thousand convicts.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “This view is taken within the prison gates.”

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Charles C. Myers Collection