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PI LGRIMS” CH A MB ER OF Provincetown CUM M ERCE COME SOONER STAY LATER FLY A Guide to TO PROVINCETOWN Provincetown-Boston Provincetown Provi AIRLINE on Published by TheRoute of the Pligrims THE PROVINCETOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DAILY SCHEDULED MULTI ENGINE SERVICE PROVINCETOWN TO THE TIP OF CAPE COD CAPE COD MASSACHUSETTS FREQUENT FLIGHTS DAILY Making Convenient Connections with Write directly to Advertisers for All Major Airlines at Boston Rates and Other Specific Information Fares: $7.80 plus Federal Tax Please mention the Children Half Fare Provincetown Chamber of Commerce 10% Discount on Return Fare The Provincetown Chamber of Com- Eleven Passenger Lockheed Electra merce thanks its advertisers for making this booklet financially possible and is grateful to the following civic-minded residents who contributed their time * NEW THIS YEAR * and talents: One, three, five, and seven day all expense tours being offered in co-operation with Mrs. John Van Arsdale, Map American and Eastern Air Lines including Cover Photograph, Mass. Development accommodations at Provincetown Inn and Industrial Commission Amazingly Economical -Write for Folder Write or Telephone For Information and Reservations Provincetown-Boston Airline, Inc. Municipal Airport - Provincetown 8771 Printed by Logan Airport - East Boston 7-6090 or Kendall Printing Co., Falmouth, Mass. Call Any Airline or Travel Agent Early Visitors The Indians were our earliest visitors. Camping on the land where the Town Hall now stands they held clambakes and barbecued the wild boars that roamed the forests. The first Europeans to view our cape were the Norsemen. It is believed that Thorvald, the Viking, landed on Race Point in 1004 A.D. The Old Icelandic Sagas tell of “Keel Cape” and since Cape Cod is admittedly shaped like a keel, it may well have been our long and narrow land of which the troubadors sang. The name “Cape Cod,” however, was given to us by Barthlomew Gosnold who landed near Provincetown in 1602, where, as he wrote “we took a great stoare of codfish.” Henry Hudson came by in 1609 and in 1614 Captain Smith sailed up from Jamestown and mapped the whole coastline. But, the first really great event of Provincetown’s history was the coming of the Pilgrims. The First Landing of the Pilgrims After a perilous voyage across the Atlantic, on “PILGRIM MEMORIAL MONUMENT’ November 11, 1620, the Mayflower cast anchor in Provincetown Harbour, which was described by Governor Bradford as “an harboure wherein an Welcome to Provincetown hundred saile of ships may safely ride.” One of their ERE lives Provincetown, a town born of the sea; acts after dropping anchor was to call a solemn con- H rooted in soil made by the sea. clave of all the males on board, at which conclave the Here lives America’s most famous landfall. first organ of democratic government in America, Here, where American democracy was born, lives the ancestor of our national constitution, the docu- the uncommonest mixture of history, sand, water and ment known as the “MAYFLOWER COMPACT” scenery to be found anywhere in the United States. was drawn up. The signing of this document is We, the Provincetown Chamber of Commerce, pictured in a large Bas-Relief at the foot of Monu- tell you this with assurance that has its wellspring in ment hill. the positive knowledge that we speak for a town with There is a marker at the west end of Commercial a difference Street, marking the first landing place of the Pilgrims You may choose your adjectives among “quaint,” and legend has it that the fresh water spring, aptly “picturesque,” “salty,” photogenic “odd,” or invent named Pilgrim Spring, which is found out near the your own and the best you’ll get will be meaningful “Backside,” was where they replenished their casks to you alone. Provincetown is mosaic in character, and washed the salt from their clothing. many things to many people. The PILGRIM MONUMENT, the 255-foot To the artist it may be the combination of old granite shaft which dominates the entire Cape End houses that frame the harbor, the rare quality of the landscape, is Provincetown’s and America’s greatest light, the boats, rhe narrow streets. memorial to the Pilgrims. President Theodore To the writer it may be the eternal tides, the Roosevelt laid the corner stone in 1907 and President distant hills riding the horizon across the bay, or just William Howard Taft presided at the dedication the skirl of gulls convoying the dawn. ceremonies on August 5, 1910. To the vacationing visitors it may be a little res- taurant discovered in a lane, the field of finely washed The tower is open to the public during the sum- sand as the sun beats down, or the freedom of just mer months. In place of steps it has a gradually in- walking. along Commercial street to smell the salt- clined plane which makes the climb to the top a very laden air. pleasant one, and which brings the visitor to a view As we said-Many things to many people. of the surroundingland and sea which is breathtaking. 4 5 BICYCLES RADIOS BEACH UMBRELLAS RENTED BY HOUR, DAY OR WEEK Phone 855 For Reservations ARNOLD’S “ST.MARY OF THE HARBOR-by Wainwright Spiritual e Moorings CENTER OF TOWN Pointing white fingers at the windswept sky, P the church steeples of Provincetown hover pro- tectively above the town below. The little church, “St. Mary of the Harbor” (Episcopal) ’way “down CASA VISTOSA along” Commercial Street, designed and embellished by its artist members, is a beautiful example of Cape 174 Commercial St.. Provincetown, Mass. Cod architecture applied to the house of worship. The simple hand hewn oak, found in the courtyard of Apartments 2-4 persons this church, is a memorial to the men who lost their lives when the submarine “S-4” sank off Wood End All Electric Kitchenette and in 1927. One of New England’s most beautiful Maid Service examples of the “Christopher Wren” type tower, the Universalist “Church of the Redeemer,” built in 1847, Cape Cod Cottage is located here. The stately, white church, which Rooms with Private Bath looms so conspicuously above the skyline further “down along” Commercial Street, is the Provincetown Methodist Church. Erected in 1860 near the center Only a few feet from the shore, it overlooks the of the town and standing on a natural elevation, it BEAUTIFUL harbor. Accommodations have has served as a noted landmark for nearly a century. It houses an old tracker organ, whose melodious tones been designed for the utmost in comfort and for are a joy to those who worship here. Extending complete vacation, relaxation. further “down along” Commercial Street is the Christian Science Church with its appealing archi- Ample space is provided for the cars of guests tecture and neat, trim appearance beckoning to those ELSIE F. FERREIRA Tel. 22 of this faith. St. Peter’s Catholic Church is a gleaming white edifice located on Prince Street. 6 Giff f ord House Telephone Provincetown 195 or 264 Same management for many years Rooms with Bath or Shower Spacious Lobby, Dining Room and Recreation Room Extensive Verandas, Sun Deck Complete Hotel Service HIGH, COOL LOCATION Near all recreational activities Rates: $8 to $12 daily, American Plan HERMAN J, ROBINSON LADIES’ and MEN’S APPAREL Provincetown, 280 Commercial St. Wellfleet, Trading Post Bldg. Galeforce Homestead and Ranch Colony Superb View, Overlooking Harbor Modern Cottages, 2 BR, Twin Beds, fully equipped Duplex Cabins - Bedroom, Private Bath. Guest Room in Homestead, Running Water. 5 minute walk to Beach and Town Center. Ample Parking. Mrs. Jos. Alves, Bradford St. Ext., Tel. 313 “HIGHLAND LIGHT-Photo : John Gregory Lighthouses CASA DO MINHO ROOMS APARTMENTS APE COD LIGHT, or Highland Light as it is Cape popularly known, is located in North Truro, five miles up cape from Provincetown, and can be Open the Year Round reached by automobile over a well paved road. One Centrally Located of the most beautiful lighthouses in America, it is Mrs. Arthur Duarte situated atop a cliff or clay “pound,” several hundred feet above the water, presenting to the viewer a 384 Commercial St. Tel. 866 breathtaking picture of King Neptune in all his glory. Pour million candlepower make this one of the PATRICIAN SHOP strongest beamed lighthouses in the world and the Newspapers LUNCHEON soda Bar fourth largest in America. It is visible to ships twenty Magazines Gifts miles at sea and under certain weather conditions can COTTAGES: Modern, fully equipped for 2 to 6 persons be seen fifty miles away. Everyone on the lower Cape Excellent Location Ample Parking has a great affection for Highland, whose flashing 212 Bradford St. Tel. 415-M beam is always there in fair weather or foul as a symbol of safety and permanence. GENE’S PASTRY SHOPPE Long Point Light, the beautiful little white light Town Hall Square Quality Products, Baked daily house across the harbor from town, shows a steady Danish Pastries, French Pastries green light at night. This lighthouse can be reached Donuts, Coffee cakes, Bread rolls by water taxi or the more hardy may do so by walking Cakes, Pies, Special Ocassion items across the breakwater at low tide. “Wood End Light” Tel. 955 MK and “Race Point Light” are our other lighthouses. 8 BONNIE “TWEEN TRIPS”-photo by Patrick DOONE The Fish-Killers RESTAURANT Of Provincetown World Famous for Fine Foods Provincetown welcomes its visitors with open LOBSTER, STEAK, arms but our natives are emphatic that it is not a “tourist town” in the usual senses. It is an industrious CHICKEN, SEA FOOD fishing town which ranks fourth in New England‘s total annual catch of the finest sea foods that the Atlantic Ocean can offer, and this in competition with much larger cities.