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Provincetown 19th Century Fishing Dock
Walk down the Provincetown wharf and docked at the very end are a few fishing boats with steel hulls and large dragging nets, called draggers.. Fishing has always been a hard way to make a living, but...
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U.S. Lifesaving Service at Race Point, Provincetown
Firing the Life-line The United States Lifesaving Service was founded in 1871 after an alarming number of fatalities occurred along the Atlantic coast during the winters of 1870 and 1871. The stations...
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Provincetown Cape Cod Seining Fish
Seining FIsh Provincetown Massachusetts This antique Provincetown postcard is entitled “Seining Fish” and was published by the Provincetown Advocate in the late 19th century. The American Indians used...
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Champion Provincetown Clam Digger
“Carl” Champion Provincetown Clamdigger Quahogs and steamers were once in plentiful supply in Provincetown harbor. The above antique postcard is a 19th century color lithographic print published in...
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Truro Cape Cod Pamet River
Early 20th century Truro Postcard showing Pamet River. If you live in Provincetown, you spend time in Truro–the adjacent township which is more rural in its setting. Or maybe you work in Provincetown...
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Railroad Wharf Provincetown Cape Cod Sailing Vessels
ProvincetownRailroad Wharf This postcard, a hand colored photograph, was mailed from Provincetown Massachusetts to Bethehem New Hampshire in 1908. Titled “Fishing & Pleasure Boats, Railroad...
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Downtown Provincetown Freeman Street History
Glimpse of Freeman StreetProvincetown, Cape Cod During the busy summer months its easy to miss all the lovely side streets in Provincetown which join the main two thoroughfares–Bradford Street and...
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1951 in Provincetown Cape Cod
Center of Provincetown mid 20th century This colorful vintage postcard was mailed to Troy, New York the summer of 1951 and says, “This is really wonderful here. Just finished a shore dinner.”. Look...
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Provincetown Cape Cod 19th Century Landscape
19th century Provincetown Cape Cod What did Provincetown, that lively town on the tip of Cape Cod, look like before there were big motels? Stand on the corner of Commercial Street and Kendall Lane on...
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Unique Provincetown on the Tip of Cape Cod
Provincetown on the tip of the Cape has well been called the most unique town in the country for certainly there is just one Provincetown and nothing like it anywhere else. It is the oldest town on the...
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Sailors and Railroad Wharf Provincetown Photography
Many of the antique postcards that depict Provincetown, the wonderful small town on the tip of Cape Cod, with sailors walking the streets. The reason for this is because one of the most important...
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Provincetown Song
All I Can Give By Harry Kemp Cook Street in Provincetown looking towards Commercial Street. All I can give is a song And that is best, Which down the ages will prolong Our names when all the rest, The...
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Provincetown Along The Shore
Along the ShoreProvincetown, Cape Cod Along the shore is where I want to be on a beautiful day when the sun in shining Pink sky along the water’s edge and pale yellow sand that rubs against my toes...
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Provincetown Artistic Inspiration
East EndProvincetown, Cape Cod The Inner Satisfaction By Harry Kemp (from Poet of the Dunes) The Inner Satisfaction is the goal; There is no profit for the soul: In palace or in hut if you abide, It...
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Provincetown Book Gets Five Stars
Provincetown, Cape CodBradford Street, just past the town center during the early 1960s. 5.0 out of 5 stars Love it, December 27, 2013 By Karen O’Shaughnessy (Manchester, NH United States) – See all...
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Provincetown in the 1920s Vintage Cars Downtown Scene
The center of Provincetown in the 1920s looks less crowded with its colorful roadsters, green lawn, and trees around Town Hall. But the architecture is the same as it is today in 2014. On the postcard...
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Sailors and Music in Provincetown Cape Cod
Band Concert at Town Hall is the title of this postcard from the first decade of the 20th century. The Provincetown Monument looms in the background and the corner of Commercial Street is filled with...
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Fishermen of Provincetown a 19th Century Photograph with Style
Fishermen of Provincetown, Mass. The photograph could have been taken yesterday, but it was taken for a postcard published by the New England News Company in the late 1800′s. Don’t you love the...
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Beached Whales on Cape Cod
Beached Whale on the Brewster Flats What causes whales to swim towards shore and strand themselves on land? It’s a mystery that scientists have been studying for years. On May 28th, 1963 a 56 foot...
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Dressing FIsh in Provincetown Cape Cod
Cod fishing grew quickly in New England by the mid 1800s, particularly on Cape Cod. Look at the size of the fish those men are cleaning in the above antique postcard illustration.The town of...
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