Sandwich, Ma. Heritage Museums and Gardens

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Motif #1

A fisherman's shack on Bradley Wharf in the harbor of Rockport, Massachusetts, USA, is one of the most famous buildings in the world, recognizable to students of art and art history as Motif Number 1.
Built in the 1840s as Rockport became home to a colony of artists and fishermen, the shack became a favorite subject of painters due to the composition and lighting of its location as well as the symbol it represented of the hard New England maritime life. The painter Lester Hornby is believed to be the first to call the shack "Motif Number 1," a reference to its being the favorite subject of the town's painters, and the name achieved general acceptance.

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"The Perfect Storm"

The year 2000 movie with George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Diane Lane was a movie based on a true story.

In October of 1991 and unusually intense storm caught off guard the fisherman listed in the below picture.

Since the 1600's there have been over 5300 men lost at sea. This memorial is in honor of them.