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Main St., Harwichport, Cape Cod, Mass. – Vintage Poster

Main St., Harwichport, Cape Cod, Mass. — historic photograph
Main St., Harwichport, Cape Cod, Mass.. Historic photograph from the Theater Posters collection.

(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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This rare historic photograph captures Main St., Harwichport, Cape Cod, Mass. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Main St., Harwichport, Cape Cod, Mass.

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This view of Main Street in Harwich Port, on the south side of Cape Cod, is distinctive for the theater it shows along the village street. The photograph is undated, but the catalog places it between 1910 and 1940, a period when the Cape was becoming a popular summer destination for visitors arriving by rail and, later, by automobile. Summer amusements like local theaters and playhouses were part of that shift, and a street scene like this one records how a small fishing and shipping village was adapting to seasonal tourism.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[between 1910 and 1940]
SubjectsStreets--Massachusetts--Harwich Port--1910-1940. Theaters--Massachusetts--Harwich Port--1910-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,166 × 4,152 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210678

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