Captain Eelgrass and Lady “Gull Diva” won the funniest entry award at the 1990 Chatham Independence Day parade. FILE PHOTO

The Eldredge Public Library’s entry in the 1990 Chatham Fourth of July parade. FILE PHOTO

Shellfish shanties along the Oyster River in Chatham, circa 1970s. PETER SMOLENS PHOTO/POSTCARD

Sears Park in Chatham, circa 1980. 

The 473-foot Maltese freighter Eldia stranded on Nauset Beach in Orleans in 1984, creating a “pop-up” tourist attraction. KELSEY PHOTO

The Atwood House circa 1970s. CHARLES W. CARTWRIGHT POSTCARD

The Chatham Athletics play at Veterans Field circa 1970s. CHARLES W. CARTWRIGHT POSTCARD

Chatham Select Board candidates, 2003. From left: Susan Plumb, Kevin Mikita, Harvey Huetter, John Geiger, Deborah Connors and Carol Gordon. FILE PHOTO

Habitat for Humanity “Women Build” in Chatham in 2006. FILE PHOTO

Offloading at the Chatham Fish Pier, 2002. FILE PHOTO

Pirates enthrall kids at the Atwood House, 2006. FILE PHOTO

Renovations at Brooks Academy, Harwich, 2006. FILE PHOTO

Senator Paul Tsongas at a town hall meeting in Harwich in August 1984. FILE PHOTO

Barbara Striebert feeds the ducks at the pond in front of what is now Agway in Chatham, early 1990s. FILE PHOTO

Senator Paul Tsongas at a town hall meeting in Harwich in August 1984. FILE PHOTO