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"Old Cape Cod" was the subject of a 1990 lawsuit after a sound-alike song appeared in a 1989 commercial for American Savings Bank. Page sued the advertising agency, alleging that the commercial implied that Page endorsed the bank. [9] Bing Crosby performed "Old Cape Cod" on his CBS Radio program in 1957, [10] and the recording was released ...
Oldest building on Cape Cod confirmed via dendrochronology. [1] Balch House: Beverly: 1680 The oldest portion of the Balch house was found to date to 1680 via dendrochronology study. [19] This home was originally a single room cottage one-and-one-half stories in height, with a now removed chimney bay.
The Cape Cod Canal, completed in 1916, connects Buzzards Bay to Cape Cod Bay; its creation shortened the trade route between New York and Boston by 62 miles (100 km). [ 9 ] Cape Cod extends 65 miles (105 km) into the Atlantic Ocean, with a breadth of between 1–20 miles (1.6–32.2 km), and covers more than 400 miles (640 km) of shoreline. [ 10 ]
Cape Cod–style house c. 1920. The Cape Cod house is defined as the classic North American house. In the original design, Cape Cod houses had the following features: symmetry, steep roofs, central chimneys, windows at the door, flat design, one to one-and-a-half stories, narrow stairways, and simple exteriors.
Provincetown (/ ˈ p r ɒ v ɪ n s ˌ t aʊ n /) is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in the United States.A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States Census, [3] Provincetown has a summer population as high as 60,000. [4]
Lincoln was born in 1870 in Brewster, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, and his mother moved the family to Chelsea, Massachusetts, a manufacturing city outside Boston, after the death of his father. Lincoln's literary career celebrating "old Cape Cod" can partly be seen as an attempt to return to an Eden from which he had been driven by family tragedy.
Cape Cod Regional Law Enforcement Council; ... Old Cape Cod; P. Pollution on Cape Cod This page was last edited on 10 February 2021, at 22:24 ...
The town is represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a part of the Cape and Islands District, which includes all of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket except the towns of Bourne, Falmouth, Sandwich, and a portion of Barnstable. [20] The Chatham Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency that services the town.