The area was named by Benjamin Ware, a locally disliked hotelier who developed Clifton with the intention of creating a resort area. His hotel, "Clifton House", was regaled as one of the finest lodgings in the county.
In 1884, Ware attempted to subjugate all of Marblehead Neck, and the southeastern coastline of the town, along with his resort community, and form the Town of Clifton Village. The Committee on Towns eventually denied his proposal.
Historically, like many other Massachusetts neighborhoods, some residents of the area have identified themselves as being from "Clifton, Mass."
A branch of the Portland division of the Boston & Maine Railroad had a station in Clifton in the 1920s.
Attractions in the area include the Clifton House and the Tedesco Country Club.
The t-shirt suggests that Clifton is not originally from Brooklyn or the New York area, which Buggin' Out highlights when he tells Clifton to "go back to Massachusetts." However, as it turns out, Clifton says he not only owns the brownstone, but was, in fact, born in Brooklyn.
Here, larger debates about race and belonging in the neighborhood are echoed via a sports motif as expressed through the dialogue and the clothing worn by the characters.
The axis of action, or the 180 degree line, runs between Clifton and Buggin' Out, and throughout the conversation the camera remains on the same side of the line, thus ensuring continuous screen space and direction.
Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849 and Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts from 1850 to 1906 (births, deaths and marriages).
The Fifty-seventh regiment of Massachusetts volunteers in the war of the rebellion.
The history of the Tenth Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery in the War of the Rebellion : formerly of the Third Corps and afterwards of Hancock's Second Corps, Army of the Potomac, 1862-1865.
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