Chequesset Inn, Wellfleet, Mass.

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Collection Type

Photography

GUSN

GUSN-189536

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General photographic collection
Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
Geographic locations
Temporary
Chequesset Inn, Wellfleet, Mass.
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
  - Geographic locations
    - Temporary

Description

Full color postcard depicting the Chequesset Inn. The image is taken from the beach, looking out toward the pier on which the hotel is built. There are many small vessels sailing close to shore.

Details

Descriptive Terms

inns
hotels (public accommodations)
flags
boats
commercial buildings
postcards
photographs

Physical Descrption

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1919-05-24

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.TMP.011

Acqusition Type

Gift

Places

Wellfleet (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Souvenir Publishing Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

postcards
photographs

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 95 The original is in Postcards - Wellfleet, MA

Description Level

Item

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