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Title: 1972 Hampton Beach Vacation Guide.
Publisher and organization: Hampton Beach Chamber of Commerce and the Hampton Beach Village District, Town of Hampton, New Hampshire, USA.
Format: Vintage tall narrow illustrated vacation guide brochure with color photo card covers, softcover construction, and staple binding.
Genre and topic: Travel, tourism, and vacation planning focused on Hampton Beach and the New Hampshire Seacoast region.
Subject: Promotional guide to Hampton Beach as \"New England\'s greatest seashore resort,\" highlighting accommodations, oceanfront boardwalk, supervised children\'s playgrounds, deep sea fishing, boating, golf, and other recreational activities for visitors.
Contents: Includes an introductory overview of Hampton Beach, emergency and general information for visitors, listings for hotels, motels, cottages, apartments, and campgrounds, along with restaurant and entertainment advertisements and local services.
Advertising and features: Period advertisements for area businesses such as deep sea fishing trips from Smith and Gilmore Pier, Benson\'s Wild Animal Farm, Shaheen\'s Fun-O-Rama Park at Salisbury Beach, and numerous oceanfront hotels, motels, cottages, and country stores.
Illustrations and design: Interior pages combine black-and-white photographs and line-drawn hotel views with blocks of text, plus multi-panel color photo spreads of the beach, harbor, golf course, and family activities, and a panoramic aerial view of Hampton Beach.
Maps and data: Features a regional map showing major routes to Hampton Beach and a mileage chart listing Albany 191 miles, Boston 33 miles, Hartford 144 miles, Montreal 293 miles, New York 257 miles, Quebec City 343 miles, and Washington, D.C. 469 miles.
Narrative type and audience: English-language tourism guide aimed at families and travelers planning a New England seaside holiday in the early 1970s.
Era and origin: Dated 1972 and produced in the United States for distribution by the Hampton Beach Chamber of Commerce.
Special notes: Includes a photographic feature of Jane Floren, Miss Hampton Beach 1971, and numerous contemporary advertisements capturing Hampton Beach resort life in the early 1970s; see photos and condition notes for details of this specific copy.
