Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1910 – Historic Map Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1910, an antique map rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Provincetown, Mass
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Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1910
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Provincetown in 1910 was a working harbor town at the tip of Cape Cod, where Portuguese and Azorean families worked alongside Yankee fishermen on the wharves and aboard the fleet. The Pilgrim Monument, a granite tower on Town Hill, was finished that year and dedicated in August to mark the Mayflower passengers' first landing on American soil in November 1620, before they sailed on to Plymouth. The tower became a landmark visible far out at sea and drew excursion steamers and summer visitors who were turning the town into a seaside destination. Fishing still set the rhythm of daily life, while the artists who would later crowd its streets were only beginning to arrive.
| Created / published | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Creator | walker lith. & pub. co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Provincetown, Massachusetts, drawn in 1910. Bird's-eye view maps were drawn by travelling artists who walked a town street by street, sketching every building from an imagined vantage point in the air, then sold the finished lithograph door to door by subscription. Roughly five thousand American towns were recorded this way between the 1860s and the 1920s, and for many of them the panoramic map is the most complete picture of the place that survives. Reproduced from the original in the Library of Congress collections. Printed to order on archival paper. Free shipping on all US orders. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 5,322 × 3,407 px · prints to 18 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Provincetown, Mass |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488950 |
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