Collection of Photos from 1901 on muslin fabric

Photographs taken around Provincetown in 1901 mounted on muslin with a description that says it was the custom to make them into sofa cushions. Subject matter includes houses, wharves, boats, people lighthouse, waterfront, wooden sidewalk, horse and buggy, ferry and snow on Commercial St.

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Art, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dwellings, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, and Waterfronts