Showing posts with label massachusetts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label massachusetts. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Heard on the Street - Town Crier Provincetown Massachusetts 1909 postcard

Town Crier Provincetown Massachusetts 1909 postcard
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Keep up to date with all the local news worth hearing. Switch off the internet, cell phone, and so forth, hear it from the town crier instead.

On second thoughts, who needs all that hand bell ringing this early in the morning? Besides, Mrs Grundy next door has got all the local gossip worth knowing.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Roadside America Linen Postcards - Martha's Vineyard Road Map, MA postcard

Martha's Vineyard Road Map linen postcard
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Did one of the well-to-do invite you over to "the island"? Here's a road map postcard to show you the way to their compound. Actually, it may be best just to leave the automobile at home. It's difficult to get around the island in the summer months, or so I am told. Besides, perhaps your host is sending the helicopter for you...

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Light Houses, Lighthouses!

Light Houses, Lighthouses, who likes them?! Some recent acquisitions:

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