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flmt 41 sw, Massachusetts – Historic Map Reproduction

flmt 41 sw, Massachusetts — antique map
flmt 41 sw, Massachusetts. Antique map from the Panoramic Maps collection.

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A window into the past: flmt 41 sw, Massachusetts, preserved in this antique map. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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flmt 41 sw, Massachusetts

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The record for this bird's-eye view does not give a firm date, so this sheet best reflects Cape Cod and eastern Massachusetts in the decades from the 1870s through the early 1900s. Fishing, salt making, and cranberry growing supported many Cape towns, while the coming of rail lines, including the Cape Cod Railroad's extension to Provincetown in 1873, brought freight and a growing number of summer visitors. Former whaling and shipbuilding ports along the bay and Atlantic shore still carried a maritime identity, and town meetings and local churches remained central to civic life. Residents of the era would have known the peninsula first as a working coastline of harbors, wharves, and sandy roads, with the sea shaping nearly every livelihood.

NotesBird's-eye view map.
SubjectsPanoramic maps--Massachusetts
Original scan1,700 × 2,800 px · prints to 6 × 9 in at 300 dpi
Referenceflmt41sw

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