This image is of the Redwood Motel, presumably when it was still new, showing the rooms arrayed around the central swimming pool, in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

The description states:
REWOOD MOTEL
Junction Rtes. 6 and 28 — Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts 02532
New 20 Unit Deluxe Motel at Cape Cod Canal and Bourne Bridge. TV and Modern Swimming Pool. Courtesy Coffee Available in Rooms. Major Credit Cards Honored.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mirabito, Co-Owners
Phone (617) Plaza 9-3892
–The Cape Cod Canal provides a short route from Cape Cod Bay to Buzzards Bay and Rhode Island Sound without going completely around the Cape. A view of the site today shows the motel is no longer present, probably a result of road construction.
The presence of a Zip code on this card indicates it is likely from the 1960s.

This image shows two young children playing a string game with their hands as they sit on the bed laid out in the loft of the house, above the main living area. Access was by the crude ladder visible at the lower right.

The description states:
Children and Servants usually slept in The Loft. A favorite 17th Century game was Cat’s Cradle, at the Richard Warren House, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
—Cat’s cradle was a game of threads that were intricately looped around one person’s hand, moving them in the correct pattern to the other person and back again, generating new and different patterns.
This image likely dates from the 1950s.

This image shows a pair of re-enactors portraying a mother and child in a Pilgrim house as it might have looked in the 1620s.

The description states:
CRADLE SCENE
A Pilgrim mother pauses briefly to play with her child at the First House, a reproduction of an early Pilgrim dwelling of the period 1623, by Plimoth Plantation, a non-profit educational foundation, located near the national famous Plymouth Rock on the State Reservation, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
–Also visible in the photo are examples of utensils, tools and furniture, some of which would have been brought over from England and some fashioned on site.
This image likely dates from the 1950s.

This image shows a family of re-enactors dressed in 17th century clothes outside a house as the father returns from hunting birds.

The description states:
A Pilgrim father brings in a turkey as the family prepares to celebrate a bountiful harvest. The house represents that of John Howland and is part of the Pilgrim Village of 1627 being recreated at Plymouth, Mass., by Plimoth Plantation, a non-profit educational organization.
–Turkey is the most famous of the fowl typically hunted by 17th century settlers, but by no means the most common. Grouse, pheasant and other smaller birds were also commonly hunted as they existed in considerable abundance.
This image likely dates from the 1950s.

This image shows a typical harvest time view of the reconstructed village of Plimoth Plantation.

The description states:
AUTUMN HARVEST
Indian summer comes to Plimoth Plantation as a Pilgrim farmer shocks his corn and children play in the sun-warmed Village street. Scene at the replica Pilgrim Village of Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Mass.
–The corn harvested at that time would have been what is now called Indian corn, a much reduced version of the huge hybrid ears we see today. It is unlikely this was eaten directly off the cob. Instead, it would have been dried, ground into a meal and fried or baked.
This image likely dates from the 1950s.

This image shows the fortification building that overlooks the rest of the Pilgrim Village at Plimoth Plantation, Massachusetts.

The description states:
ON GUARD
In 1622 on a hill above their Village, the Pilgrims erected a heavily timbered structure to serve as a center of worship and defense. A replica of this first Fort-Meetinghouse overlooks the recreated Pilgrim Village of Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Mass.
–Given that is was impossible for the small group of settlers to defend the entire village, it would have been expected for the settlers to concentrate here where cannon and guns would be available to resist attacks by nearby natives. However, it was not intended for long duration occupation by large numbers of people.
This image likely dates from the 1950s.

This image shows a pair of woodcutters using an elevated platform to allow both of them to work on cutting planks from the log by use of a two-man saw.

The description states:
SAWING PLANKS
Early Pilgrim houses were of frame construction boarded with thick planks swan laboriously by hand from the forest timber. The operation of a 17th century pit saw is demonstrated daily at Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Mass.
–One can clearly see that sawing from above was fairly dangerous, should the saw bind and throw the sawyer off balance. From below, the sawdust made for dirty work at the very least.
This image likely dates from the 1950s.

This image is an artist’s rendition of the Plimoth Plantation reconstruction, showing the fort in the background and a road passing several representative houses.

The description states:
An artist’s conception of the replica Pilgrim Village, built at Plimouth Plantation, Massachusetts, by Plimoth Plantation, a non-profit, educational organization.
–This site is occupied by re-enactors in period dress who give a sense of life to the village with their dress and activities.
This image likely dates from the 1950s.