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Opening Cape Cod Canal Bridges official program (2 copies)

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1935

GUSN

GUSN-289503

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Description

Two copies of the official program from the opening of the Cape Cod Canal bridges in 1935. The program includes many advertisements for businesses in the Cape Cod Canal region as well as a few pages of information about the bridges, including construction costs and photographs. The cover of the program is beige with blue lettering, and it includes a red line drawing of seagulls over the canal. Affixed to the cover of each is a stamp commemorating the opening of the bridges.

Details

Descriptive Terms

celebrations
bridges (built works)
advertisements
programs (documents)

Physical Description

2 programs

Collection Code

MS028

Collection Name

Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

Reference Code

MS028.01.022.001

Places

Bourne (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Cape Cod Canal (Massachusetts) [canal]

Record Details

Material Type

programs (documents)

Description Level

Item

Related Items

Opening Cape Cod Canal Bridges souvenir program (2 copies)
Grand Opening of Bridges at Bourne, Mass. stamps

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