Old Cape Cod

[ProfessorM]

Couple of photos. Chatham 1890's taken from a balloon. Second winter of 1902 P-Town harbor. To freeze that thick with those tides it has to be pretty cold. Paul

[partsjay]

awesome pics....love the old time stuff

[vineyardblues]

Paul, u r showing your age!
VB

ps, you ready?

[Karl F]

Old Time Chatham pics

[Karl F]

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[Karl F]

Notice how few trees there was 100 years ago on the cape.
Some great shots in Orleans Post Office of old Orleans, you could see from Barley Neck Inn, clear to the beach!
All those scrup pines, locusts, and piss oaks we have are less than 50-70 years old.
Pilgrims leveled the place, for the hardwood, when they moved in.

[Jimbo]

I only have one in electronic format right now, I'm trying to write into a short story. Don't know how familiar or interested anyone is old West Dennis, this one's probably a little boring for the site. I'm fortunate to be able to occupy the oldest of the four houses in the yard at the corner of 28 and Uncle Barney's Rd. The oldest two were bought by my great, great grandfather around 1869-1870. My dad has tons of pics, mostly WD, but more of misc. Cape ones going back to the early 1900's that he keeps under lock and key (until he finishes his book). Someday I may be able to make some copies. Anyway, here's one I got of a fishing shanty that was in the family. Used to be down on Bass River just to the right of where the Ferry Street town dock is (probably one or two bridges ago). It disappeared with the hurricane of 1938 I believe.

[Karl F]

Great Picture Jimbo, can't wait for the book, might bore some, but I love the old pics. The WD area has/had some unique history, for sure.
If you had a place like that today, the peolpe in power would make ya tear it down... I miss the old stuff, that I remember, all going the way of the trophy house now.
Check out :Old Chatham for old timey Chatham area pics, if your interested

[Jimbo]

KarlF, the "Old House" as we call it, still stands. It still has two prong outlets, but not every room even has outlets in it, and plaster walls that hold that sort of musty smell I can't get enough of. My grandmother's going to be 102 come January and still lives right next door and I guarantee if anyone so much as hinted at tearing it down she's be out there in her walker delivering some pain with that wooden spoon she disciplined me with when I took all the beach plumbs off her shrub for ammo to throw at cars on 28.
Maybe I'll see if I can't get the old man to make copies of some of the old salt works pictures from that area he's got. That, that whole business went on in that area and how they did it is another pretty fascinating topic.

[ProfessorM]

VB I am getting excited. Karl I was going to say the same thing about how denuded the landscape was. I took my 4 year old to the new library in town and as she looked I took out a couple of books and took the photo's from them. Very interesting stuff. I love that stuff. Paul

[justplugit]

Really neat stuff Karl. Does the Eel River run into Pleasnt Bay?