With the quiet authority of a fine pen-and-ink illustration, this charming early twentieth-century postcard preserves the weathered fish shacks of Lane's Cove at Lanesville on Cape Ann, Massachusetts — ramshackle wooden structures leaning companionably among scattered dories, lobster traps, and rocky shore, drawn with affectionate detail for the Bayside Club of Lanesville Harbor. The image captures a working waterfront world that was already disappearing when the card was made, the oldest Cape Ann fish houses standing as testament to the Gloucester-area fishing community's deep roots along this granite-bound shore where Portuguese and Yankee fishermen alike hauled their catch for generations. Published by Rockport Photo Bureau and printed by the Albertype Co. of Brooklyn — a respected photomechanical printer known for fine halftone reproduction — this unused card is a delightful piece of Cape Ann local history and folk art.