Cape Cod Auto Map and Pilgrim Memorial Monument, Massachusetts, circa 1935

Subjects: Lighthouses Maps Monuments & Memorials
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Cape Cod Auto Map and Pilgrim Memorial Monument, Massachusetts, circa 1935, c. 1915 linen postcard — Back

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The card is a pictorial auto map of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with an inset view of the Pilgrim Memorial Monument at Provincetown. The map labels towns, roads, bays, and lighthouses from Brockton and Plymouth east to Provincetown and Chatham, reflecting early automobile touring on the Cape. The Pilgrim Monument, completed in 1910, commemorates the Mayflower Pilgrims' first landing in Provincetown Harbor.

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78:—Cape Cod Auto Map and Pilgrim Memorial Monument CAPE COD AUTO MAP CAPE COD BAY BARNSTABLE BAY BUZZARDS BAY NANTUCKET SOUND BROCKTON DUXBURY KINGSTON PLYMOUTH MIDDLEBORO CARVER SO. CARVER WAREHAM MARION MATTAPOISETT FAIRHAVEN V BEDFORD OUTH WHITE HORSE BEACH MANOMET SAGAMORE BEACH SAGAMORE SANDWICH BOURNE MONUMENT BEACH POCASSET CATAUMET NO. FALMOUTH FALMOUTH FALMOUTH HEIGHTS WOODS HOLE SALTERS PT. ONSET BAY Entrance Cape Cod Canal SANDY NECK YARMOUTH W. YARMOUTH HYANNIS HYANNIS PORT CRAIGVILLE OSTERVILLE CENTERVILLE BARNSTABLE W. BARNSTABLE COTUIT MARSTONS MILLS PROVINCETOWN PROVINCETOWN HARBOR HIGHLAND LIGHT NO. TRURO TRURO WELLFLEET SO. WELLFLEET EASTHAM ORLEANS E. ORLEANS BREWSTER E. DENNIS DENNIS W. DENNIS SO. DENNIS HARWICH W. HARWICH HARWICH PORT CHATHAM W. CHATHAM MONOMOY ISLAND 30812 --- THIS SPACE FOR WRITING POST CARD THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS Place the Stamp here ONE CENT For United States and Island Possessions Cuba, Canada and Mexico. TWO CENTS for foreign. MADE IN USA

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Series	78
Condition	Excellent
Place depicted	Cape Cod, MA
Place depicted	Provincetown, MA
Place depicted	Pilgrim Memorial Monument, Provincetown, MA
Place mentioned	Highland Light, MA
Notes	Linen-textured stock; white border; printed number 30812 at lower right. No postmark. Unused divided-back card with printed "THIS SPACE FOR WRITING" / "POST CARD" / "THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS" and a one-cent (two cents foreign) stamp box; "MADE IN USA" printed vertically at the divider. Light soiling and edge wear, small stain at upper left.

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Cape Cod Auto Map and Pilgrim Memorial Monument, Massachusetts, circa 1935, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cape-cod-auto-map-and-pilgrim-memorial-monument-massachusett. Accessed October 25, 2026.