Harbormaster's Time Capsule

Harwich, Massachusetts

If you have a significant old waterfront photo for our "time capsule"
please send it along to

Tom Leach


Schooner sailing out of Wychmere (1956)

Fishing Catboats Wychmere 1905

Herring River fishing catboats 1915

Wychmere postcard 1945

Allen Harbor Dredge 1926

Wianno Sr. fleet at Wychmere 1953

Thompson's Clam Bar

1944 Hurricane Aftermath

Wychmere Postcard 1930

Another Postcard 1930

Bill Lee built schooner LAURA S.

Harwich fleet Snow Inn Dock 1950

Wychmere Harbor Postcard circa 1930

Wychmere 1933 (earliest known aerial)

Wychmere Aerial 1950

Wychmere aerial Sept 1964

Ship Grounding ELDIA 1984

Wychmere Dredge 1954

Wychmere Larson Dock 1932

Bill Lee and the LAURA S. 1940

LAURA S and hotel guests

Stone Horse Yact Club 1949

Trap Boat Herring River 1906 postcard

Phil Lynch walks on the River 1968

Boat frame Harwich Port Boat Works 1945

Lucayo 1949

Sandragale Wychmere Channel 1955

Stone Horse 22 Sloop on railway 1936

Stone Horse Sloop Commissioning 1936

Hurricane Carol 1954

The Annex and dock 1952

Harwich Aviator Waldo Brown 1925

The Windmill at Wychmere

Wychmere Northeast Corner 1900

The Chatham Stagecoach 1870

Wychmere Postcard 1910

Wychmere Snow Inn Rd side 1910

Breakwater Storm & Tower 1963

A later picture of Channel 1957

Fishing Fleet Wychmere Channel 1951

Stonehorses under construction circa 1945

Trap Boats 1939

Hurricane wrecks 1944

Harbormaster Boat 1995

Catboat Wychmere 1890

Kelley's Wharf 1906

Framed Hull HPBW shed 1945

Stage Harbor Light 1900

Bishop & Clerks Light 1918

Point Gammon Light 1870

Chatham Twin Lights 1895

Monomoy Point Light 1920

Rower Wychmere Harbor 1933

Ice Choppers 1982

Winter Ice 1982

West Harwich-By-The Sea 1933

Harwich Center 1943

Andrews River 1964

Life Guards and Harbor Staff 1999

Looking across the channel 1945

Tom Leach Harbormaster Academy

HarbormasterTom Leach on patrol 1977

Wychmere Harbor Post Card 1931

Another old Wychmere postcard

Wychmere from Boat Yard 1935

MAGIC CARPET 1976

F/V William Bowe (lobsterboat 1978)

South Monomoy Island (winter 2004)

Mark Leach (SHALAKO 1985)

Herring River 1948

Belmont Hotel 1948

Old Melrose Inn 1951

Young salts at Wychmere Harbor 1958

Thompsons postcard 1968

Thunder Bay at Thompsons 1967

Tom Leach on Herring River 1973

Waldo Brown's double-ender

Wychmere postcard 1964

Tod Lee Camp at Monomoy 1942

Snow Inn & Channel House 1952

Main Street Harwich Port 1922

Monomoy Life Savers 1905 postcard

Wychmere Channel 1938

Wychmere Breakwater 1933 (Fred Crowell)

Donald F. Ryder, Harwich Fishermen, Assistant Harbormaster

Tom and harbor patrol boat 1977

Saquatucket Harbor 2004

Wychmere Harbor 2004

Allen Harbor 2004

Herring River 2004

Ralph Brett work-up painting Wychmere 1934

Harwich Fire 1950 Brush Breaker

Mark Leach and Mako 1985

Mark Leach Mahi Mahi 1986

The NET PROFIT sinks at bulkhead 1979

Town Pier Construction 1980

Thompson's Dock 1955

Hurricane Bob 1992

Hurricane Bob crane 1992

Herring River Light 1998

The GOLDEN EAGLE 2005