by Steve Lam | Aug 7, 2015 | History
Old images of Provincetown are fascinating as much of it’s landscape and landmarks remain intact today but their context was often far different and gives us windows into the daily lives of our ancestors. In many of them the old Town House dominates the town...
by Steve Lam | Jul 26, 2015 | History
A hundred and fifty years ago it was much more difficult to get to Outer Cape Cod. During the 1800s, Cape Cod played host to a large number of religious revivalist meetings in the summer. In many ways this was the start of Cape Cod’s tourist economy. Originally...
by Steve Lam | Nov 25, 2014 | History
This is the Wellfleet Rail Road Station as it appeared at the turn of the century (circa 1900). In 1870 the Old Colony Railroad reached Wellfleet. There were two railroad stations in town. The South Wellfleet Station was located where the South Wellfleet General Store...
by Steve Lam | Sep 17, 2014 | History
Wellfleet Harbor certainly looked different back in the day. Like the rest of the Cape Cod, Wellfleet had been completely denuded of trees soon after it was settled by the Europeans. The windmills and derricks were for salt works that supplied Wellfleet’s...