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The Provincetown approach to wooing shoppers
purchased in 1940This antique postcard shows the Town Crier Gift Shop. Provincetown, Massachusetts has always been a mecca for shopping. It’s one of the busiest towns on the Outer Cape. This postcard...
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Provincetown Race Point beach shipwrecks
Fishing Schooner “Buema” wrecked near Race Point Light in Provincetown, Cape Cod Race Point Beach in Provincetown, now a part of the National Seashore is a favorite spot for swimming, fishing, and...
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Provincetown Cape Cod 60 years ago
Provincetown, Massachusetts Town Hall and Cafe Poyant circa 1970 Right beside the town hall in Provincetown, on the tip of Cape Cod, was a favorite outdoor sidewalk cafe called Cafe Poyant. Next to the...
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Vacationing in Provincetown Cape Cod in 1911
Old colonial house by the sea in Provincetown, Cape Cod circa 1911 A beautiful seaside setting in Provincetown, on the tip of Cape Cod, is depicted in this antique postcard. Labeled “Old Colonial...
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Long Point beyond Provincetown, a hidden gem
Long Point Light at the Tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown, Massachusetts This lovely antique postcard shows Long Point light on the tip of Cape Cod, once the location of a fishing village. The postcard was...
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Provincetown Bathing Beach at Delight Cottage
Delight Cottage Bathing Beach, Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts The sign in the antique photograph says “Delight Private Beach” and it looks like everyone is having a fun time in their bathing...
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Contest to Win Antique Provincetown Postcard
Provincetown, Cape Cod 100 years ago in this popular town in Massachussets, this photograph was taken when sailors walked the streets and the roads were unpaved. Like the facebook page for the new...
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Provincetown Cape Cod Town Crier spreads news & gossip
This Provincetown Town Crier is dressed in traditional pilgrim attire, and I’m not certain if he is based on one of the professional Town Criers that walked the streets of Provincetown during the 20th...
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Boston Boat to Provincetown 1911
Boston Boat arriving in Provincetown, Cape Cod This antique postcard was mailed from Provincetown, Massachusetts to Binghamton, New York in 1911. Provincetown harbor is filled with handsome sailing...
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Provincetown Artists on the beach at low tide
antique postcard published by H.A. Dickerman & Son, Taunton Massachussetts You can see a sandbar and someone walking on the flats, but the artists on the Provincetown beach in this late 19th...
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1940s Cape Cod Postcard
1940′s Vintage Postcard The Provincetown Monument, sand dunes, and Boston to Provincetown Ferry were all there on this postcard postmarked 1940, but so are the railroad tracks and a train. Yes, you...
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Cape Cod’s Best Beaches in Provincetown
Antique Postcard showing Provincetown Beach If you love the sounds of the waves crashing against the shore, wide vistas of sand dunes, and crisp clear water visit the beaches at the very end of Cape...
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Cape Cod Sand Dunes Vintage Postcard
The dune grass, sand dunes, pink and blue sky, and deep blue ocean pictured in this postcard from the mid 20th century are still very much a part of Cape Cod today. The above postcard was published by...
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Provincetown Sand Dunes in Black and White
Provincetown Sand Dune postcard published by The Advocate cira 1900 I’ve posted quite a few photographs of Cape Cod sand dunes from vintage postcards. This is the first in black and white. The postcard...
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Provincetown novel Cape Cod antique postcard
Cape Cod Fisherman This beautiful color lithographed antique postcard published by H.A. Dickerman & Sons, Taunton Massachusetts, shows a Provincetown fisherman with his nets and tackle. During the...
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Finback Whale on Provincetown Beach
The above postcard sent from Provincetown, Massachusetts to Woodbridge, Connecticut in August 1968, when it cost five cents to mail a postcard, doesn’t say when the Finback whale was stranded. Looking...
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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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