A black-and-white view shows a three-masted square-rigged ship heeling hard in heavy seas, with a lighthouse and low shoreline at right. The printed caption calls the scene "A close call off Highland Light, Cape Cod." Highland Light, the 1857 tower at Truro, Massachusetts, stands on the outer Cape, where shoals and open Atlantic weather made coastwise sailing dangerous. The ship is caught at the edge of that hazard, a common dramatic marine subject in the early twentieth century.
White border; monochrome halftone reproduction with a slightly grainy screen; light edge and corner wear.
Postmark: PROVINCETOWN MASS. JUL 15 8 AM 1903. Undivided back ("This side for address"), cream stock, halftone-printed view card with white border; light edge wear, no message.
Cite this card
Sailing ship in close call off Highland Light, Cape Cod, 1903, postcard, c. 1903. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sailing-ship-in-close-call-off-highland-light-cape-cod-1903. Accessed November 2, 2026.
