Tree-lined street, Craigville, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, circa 1910
- Subjects
- Forests & TreesStreet Scenes
- Card type
- Lithograph
About this postcard
A broad, unpaved road runs straight away from the viewer beneath a dense canopy of tall shade trees, with a red barn-like building and white-trimmed cottages on the left and a grassy bank with short posts on the right. The printed caption names the scene as a view in Craigville, a summer resort village on the south shore of Cape Cod in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, developed in the 1870s around a camp-meeting ground. The whitewashed tree trunks and simple wooden posts along the road are typical of such Victorian-era Cape Cod cottage communities.
Postcard Details
44 Sparhawk St, Amesbury, Mass.
Postcard record
| Postmarked | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The Metropolitan News Co. |
| Condition | Good |
| Place depicted | Cape Cod, MA |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930 |
| Notes | Thin white border; light corner and edge wear; small red monogram mark at lower left; grainy lithographic texture. Postmark: AMESBURY SEP 2 3:30 PM 1907 MAS (second circular cancel partly illegible). Undivided back with printed notice "IN SPACE BELOW MAY BE WRITTEN SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS (NO OTHER WRITING)"; Metropolitan News Co. imprint; 1¢ green Franklin stamp; light edge/corner wear and slight toning. |
Cite this card
Tree-lined street, Craigville, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/tree-lined-street-craigville-cape-cod-massachusetts-circa-19. Accessed October 24, 2026.