Information Bureau of the Provincetown Advocate
From Page 1 of the Advocate, 29 July 1937. [Provincetown Public Library]
Updated on 17 January 2026 | “An information service bureau has been opened on Beach Point at the entrance to Provincetown by the Provincetown Advocate for the convenience of summer visitors who come here by automobile,” the newspaper reported on its front page in July 1937. “Many people come into town late at night after a long drive and their first anxiety is to find suitable lodgings. A list of the various hotels and rooming houses will be available at the Advocate bureau at all times and reservations will be made by telephone for late-comers.
“‘Where to stop — Where to eat — What to see’ is part of the message on a large sign which greets the incoming tourist at the Advocate bureau and arrangements have been completed for answering practically any question from Coast Guard drill schedules to the proper way of making Cape Cod clam chowder.”
I don’t know when the bureau closed, although it’s hard to imagine it surviving the severe travel restrictions imposed by World War II.