Dowd Collection

Images of Provincetown including the recovery of the S-4 in 1928 and historical information...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Churches, Death, Drowning, Funeral rites and ceremonies (Provincetown, Mass.), Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and United States. Life-Saving Service

An article from the Yarmouth Register dated August 19, 1962 related to the Wreck of the Steamer...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Boats and boating, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Portland (Steamer), Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, and Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Truro

Photographs from the early 1900's depicting Wood End Lifesaving Station.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Long Point Settlement, Shipwrecks, and Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown

Several articles on whaling dating from 1854. Includes information on scrimshaw art.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Art, Lifesaving, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, and Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History

Several newspaper articles relating to the whaling industry in Provincetown. One article is...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Dories (boats), Families, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Lifesaving, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Waterfronts, Whaling, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Wharfs, and Boxell, Althea