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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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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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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 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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Provincetown Fishing Tradition Celebrated at Blessing of the Fleet
This 1960’s postcard shows a plentiful catch of fish on a commercial fishing boat out of Provincetown. Fifty plus years later and the commercial fishing boats are not as plentiful as they once were,...
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Truro Pamet River Inspires Second “Remaining in Provincetown” Mystery Series
Antique Postcard , color lithographic print, mailed with a two cent stamp. At the time this postcard was printed and mailed, there was still a train that traveled the length of Cape Cod, all the way to...
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Provincetown or Truro; Bayside Cottages Popular Retreat
The postcard was posted in 1939 as the country was recovering from The Great Depression two years before the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the United State’s entry into World War II. Cape Cod was a...
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Ballston Beach Truro and the Cape Cod Ocean
Surf bathing at Ballston Beach in Truro is still a favorite way to cool off on a hot day. If not for the sailing ships in the background, this could be a 2lst century scene, but this antique postcard...
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Truro landmarks Town Hall and Church Attract Provincetown Tourists
At one time, there were so many downed vessels off the coast near the town we now know as Truro, it was known as Dangerfield. The name Truro was borrowed from a Cornish town that looks similar– the...
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