Dowd Collection

Continuation of history of Race Point Lifesaving Station taken from Dalton's "Life Savers of...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown

Several articles on storms and lifesaving in the 1870's

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Death, Lifeboats, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Peaked Hill Bars Station, and Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown

A November 25, 1971 article in the Provincetown Advocate by John Bell about the Portland Gale...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boats and boating, Breakwater (West End), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Death, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Lifeboats, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Portland Gale, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, United States Coast Guard, Bell, John D., Boxell, Althea, and Hurricanes

Article from the United States Commercial Recorder dated December 6, 1890 and reprinted in the...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, Shipwrecks, Bell, John D., Boxell, Althea, and Business