Jamestown's history has ranged from sheep farming to gilded-age resorts
to military installations for coastal defense. These transitions changed
the look of the island, bringing grand summer hotels, an energetic new
architecture (the Shingle style), the boats and yachts of the summer
population, and fortifications that spanned three centuries. A
succession of distinctive ferries, now vanished, linked the island to
the outside world. Jamestown tells the story of these chapters in the
island's history up to the 1940s in compelling photographs that document
the many changes in landscape, views, buildings, and activities that
have occurred over time.