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View of the Cottage Club and Pier from Terrace Gables, Falmouth Heights, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Large - Geo - Massachusetts - Falmouth - Hgts - Modern - Unmounted

GUSN

GUSN-195011

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Description

An exterior view of the Cottage Club and Pier from the Terrace Gables hotel across Grand Avenue in Falmouth Heights, Massachusetts. William Tobey built the Dutch Colonial style, gambrel-roof structure after the original Casino was destroyed by fire in 1909. The building also included a post office and movie theater. People line up on the pier to board a launch for a cruise while others stroll along the boardwalk. In the later 1910s, the name changed to the Cottage Club and in the 1960s changed to the Casino or Casino-by-the-Sea. Casino Wharf FX now occupies this site.

Details

Descriptive Terms

beach clubs
gambrel roofs
post offices
shores (landforms)
beaches
parasols
yachts
Dutch Colonial
piers (marine landings)
exterior views
automobiles
boardwalks
launches
leisure
transportation
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000236
AccessID 322
Other identifier HNEDID-000236

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0980.0070.005

Date Notes

1910s-1920s

Places

Falmouth (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Nantucket Sound (Dukes county, Massachusetts) [bay]

Record Details

Originator

New England News Company (Photographic studio)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Tobey, William

Subjects

Falmouth Heights Post Office (Falmouth Heights, Mass.)
Grand Avenue (Falmouth Heights, Mass.)
lines of people
Terrace Gables (Falmouth Heights, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Large - Geo - Massachusetts - Falmouth - Hgts - Modern - Unmounted

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