“New” Pier Onset Massachusetts
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
“New” Pier in Onset Massachusetts.
Image is from a postcard.
Posts Tagged ‘cape cod’
Bishop and Clerks Lighthouse off Hyannis Massachusetts
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Bishop and Clerks Light Station. Vineyard Sound off Hyannis.
Established 1858.
Flashed White 2 sec, Eclipse 8 sec…
Photo is from a 1926 booklet.
Lighthouse was taken offline in 1928 and torn down by the Coast Guard in 1952.
A great history of the lighthouse is HERE
On the Way to the Beach – 1930′s Dennisport Massachusetts
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Little tidbit of Cape Cod history…
On the road to the bathing beach, Depot Street, Dennisport Massachusetts.
From a late 1920′s, early 1930′s postcard.
Click on the photo for a much larger view.
The Wreck Of The “Sparrowhawk” on Boston Common 1865
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Remains of the wreck of the English vessel “Sparrowhawk”. It was wrecked off the coast of Orleans, Cape Cod, in 1626. In 1863 a storm revealed part of the frame. It was dug up and presented to Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth by Charles W Livermore of Providence , Rhode Island. The rudder was presented by John Doane.
The “Sparrowhawk” is the 1st English vessel known to be stranded on Cape Cod.
Click Here For The Pilgrim Hall Page On The Sparrowhawk
You can click on the photo (and then again on the next page) for a larger view.
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Provincetown Ma Town View Photograph from Docks
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Photo of what I believe to be, Provincetown Massachusetts. Photograph taken from on the water, around the turn of the century.
Lifted from a Stereoscopic View Card.
Click on the photo (and then again on the next page) for a larger view.
