Charlestown Maryland Street View Cottages 1914 Real Photo Postcard

Main Street in West Barnstable, Massachusetts, served as the primary thoroughfare for this historic Cape Cod village, settled in the 17th century. This early 20th-century depiction presents a typical rural New England scene, characterized by traditional residential architecture with inviting porches lining a wide, unpaved road. The presence of women walking, a horse, and domestic geese illustrates a community where daily life centered on local activity and non-mechanized forms of transport.