This early postcard shows that Star Island, before seagulls, was not always lush with vegetation. It had, for centuries, been a barren rocky isle, as described by John Smith. This view is looking back at the inhabited part of the island from the Smith Monument area past the Tuck Monument. (SeacoastNH.com Image Library)

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