Hampton Beach, NH - Historic Graffiti

Hampton Beach, NH - At the end of the man-made granite breakwater along the beach is an outcrop of bedrock. Carved into the bedrock is historic graffiti dating from the 1880 to 2010 (120 year span). This a documentary record all the graffiti that was found. Some of it is being lost to erosion from wave action.

Graffiti is located on this bedrock outcrop on the beach accessible at low tide. Rock can be slippery when wet.

R. F. Pickels. 1880

JULY 7

R. F. Pickels

Lawrence

7-25 Mass [Massachusetts]

84 [1884?]

R. F. Pickels Jr.

1914, SEPT. 14

Note: lightly carved parts of the “9” and “4” in the year have partially worn away

A. Day 1883 Aug 13

HAVERHILL [Massachusetts]

H. S. PICKEL

SEPT.

1914

W. W. R [rest is too badly eroded to decipher]

J. C. BARTLETT

1884 HAVERHILL

1896

MARIA

BYRAN

LYNN GRIFFIN

JUNE 1979

L. B. K.

H. B. O.

F E T

C. B. S[unreadable]

TACOMA

WASH. [Washington]

CARL

- n -

STEPH

RACh

CJ

ALI

2004

[Heart Symbol]

A I

[Heart Symbol]

B A

PEY

19

1994

PET I T

04

PETIT

[unreadable] UBE

05

2010 AFRICA

“CHEWY”