Tourists' Auto Map of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, circa 1933

Subjects: Automobiles Maps
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Tourists' Auto Map of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, circa 1933, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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A pictorial road map titled "Tourists' Auto Map of Cape Cod," printed in red, yellow and blue, laying out the whole peninsula from Bourne, Wareham and Falmouth east to Hyannis, Yarmouth, Brewster, Orleans and up the forearm to Provincetown, with the Cape Cod Canal, Buzzards Bay, Nantucket Sound and Cape Cod Bay lettered in. Red lines trace Route 6 along the north shore and Route 28 along the south shore, with mileages to each town printed in the top and bottom margins. The Cape Cod Canal, opened to shipping in 1914, cut the peninsula into a true island and made the Bourne and Sagamore bridges the gateway for motor tourists, which this card was designed to serve.

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ROUTE 6 (North Shore) Sagamore to Barnstable 13.5; to Yarmouth 4; to Brewster 10; to Orleans 5.5; to Provincetown 28.6 Tourists' Auto Map of Cape Cod ROUTE 132 crosses the Cape at West Barnstable and Hyannis. 4.6 COPYRIGHTED BY E. D. WEST 114 JILLNETTE ROUTE 28 (South Shore) Buzzards Bay to Falmouth 16; to Hyannis 24; to Harwichport 12; to Chatham 7; to Orleans 9 3A-H830 --- CAPE COD is unique. Nowhere in the world can be found fifteen towns comprising one hundred and forty-three home-like villages with such qualifications. It faces four salt seas; has five hundred and eighty-six miles of shore line, three hundred and six miles of beaches, encloses two hundred and seventy beautiful natural lakes and ponds, and has fourteen hundred and fifteen miles of mac- adam roads. There are many places of his- toric interest on CAPE COD. DISTRIBUTED BY E. D. WEST CO., SOUTH YARMOUTH, CAPE COD, MASS. GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE

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Publisher	Curteich
Series	3A-H830
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Cape Cod, MA
Place mentioned	E. D. West Co., South Yarmouth, MA
Publisher	Curteich, Chicago, IL
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a visible crosshatch weave; image printed to the edge with no white border; copyright line and card number 3A-H830 printed in the margins. No postmark. Divided back; linen texture; white border; light age toning.

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Tourists' Auto Map of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, circa 1933, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/tourists-auto-map-of-cape-cod-massachusetts-circa-1933. Accessed October 25, 2026.