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Provincetown Cape Cod East End Vintage Postcard
East End Cottages on Commercial Street in Provincetown, Massachusetts Provincetown’s Commercial Street is unpaved and the sidewalks are made of wood, but the houses look very much the same as they do...
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Provincetown Poet of the Dunes, early Cape Cod publisher
Cape Cod Sand Dunes Provincetown’s sand dunes, now part of the Cape Cod National Seashore, have inspired many artists. One writer, closely associated with the dunes was Harry Kemp,(1883-1960) who was...
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Writing about the nature of Provincetown, Cape Cod
Once the dunes were covered with forests,” writes Mary Heaton Vorse (1874-1966) in her classic book about Provincetown entitled, Time and the Town, The early settlers cut them down and made their...
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Hanging out in Provincetown Cape Cod
New Central Hotel in Provincetown, Massachusetts now Crown & Anchor The name of the Inn in Provincetown’s center may have changed from New Central Hotel to Crown & Anchor, but people still hang...
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Provincetown takes center stage in new book
Remaining in ProvincetownBy S.N.Cook.Truro Works. 306 pages$12.95 Trade Paperback Provincetown, that enigmatic town on the tip of Cape Cod, is part of the title of the newly released murder mystery...
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Provincetown Cape Cod setting for mystery and love
Fishing Boats at Provincetown, Cape Cod Mass. circa 1900 The above antique postcard shows the beauty of the Provincetown shoreline, viewing it from the harbor. While fishing boats are fewer, the beauty...
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Destination Provincetown Cape Cod Beaches
Parking space, Race Point Coast Guard Station, Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts In 1910, the automobile was still a relatively new luxury form of transportation. If you owned one, it was a treat...
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Hollyhocks a Provincetown Cape Cod favorite flower
Hollyhock Lane glimpse of the Provincetown harbor Admiring the gardens as you walk downtown is part of the summer experience when you visit Provincetown and hollyhocks are a favorite flower. Their...
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Provincetown’s first Italian restaurant a gay love story
Cesco’s Italian Restaurantopened in 1916 Going up Bradford Street in Provincetown, just beyond the Milldred Greenfelter East End Playground on the corner of Howland Street, there used to be a very...
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Provincetown Cape Cod, where did the name come from?
How did Provincetown, Massacusetts get its name? According to Agnes Edwards book, “Cape Cod New and Old” published in 1918, after the union of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies in 1692...
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Mayflower Heights and Horses in Provincetown
The geography of Mayflower Heights in Provincetown certainly looks different in this antique postcard when you are approaching by horse and carriage! Not that many people living in Provincetown, on...
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Provincetown’s Oldest House, a full cape
Built in approximately 1746 Provincetown’s Oldest House Located on Commercial Street on the West End of Provincetown, the house purported to be the oldest house was once open to tourists but now is...
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St. Peters Church in Provincetown
Visit St. Peter’s Church today, and you’ll be visiting the new church dedicated in July 2008. The original church was destroyed by fire in January 2005 and only one stained glass window was saved. But...
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Boston to Provincetown a popular destination!
Arrival of Boston Boat to Provincetown’s Railroad Wharf Look at all those people who just arrived from Boston, getting off at Provincetown’s Railroad Wharf. They took the ferry to arrive in...
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Provincetown Cape Cod Commercial Street
The title of this vintage postcard from approximately 1910 says Commercial Street. Do you recognize those buildings? What are they like today? Not so totally different, than today and just as crowded,...
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The Smells of Cape Cod and Provincetown
Color version of the dunes Cape Cod Sand Dunes Provinetown Sand Dunes 100 years ago “Cape Cod has a fragrance all its own”, writes Wainwright J. Wainwright in his book “Cape Cod in Picture and Story”...
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Provincetown Cape Cod Gardens to Admire
Provincetown Cape Cod lovely flower garden Provincetown, Cape Cod evokes thoughts of narrow winding streets and views of the water peeking out from between busy gift shops and art galleries, but there...
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Provincetown artists instrumental in starting Cape Cod museum
Provincetown Art Association and Museum original building purchased in 1919 The above vintage postcard shows what the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) looked like before the addition of...
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Art and gossip at Provincetown Town Hall
Located on Commercial Street, in the center of Provincetown, the recently renovated Town Hall, was not the very first Town Hall built in the town located on the tip of Cape Cod. The first Town Hall was...
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Provincetown Cape Cod view from the beach
A view from the shore of Provincetown, Cape Cod’s East End As shown in this antique postcard of Provincetown, Cape Cod, the waterfront houses were boarded up in the off-season. Primarily owned by...
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