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Dowd Collection

Dowd

Overview

Althea Boxell (1910–1988) never lived in Provincetown, but during her life she assembled a series of scrapbooks that preserved elements of Provincetown's history and daily life throughout the late 19th and 20th century that are priceless. [More...]

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  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  34
    Newspaper article about the 66th year of the Art Association and the shows that will be on view...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Art, Art Museums, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  35
    1908, 1909, 1930 postcards of scenes along the waterfront.
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Law Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  36
    1983 page from Provincetown Magazine showing a picture of a snow covered Commercial St. in the...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Artwork
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Churches, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  37
    Black and white photo of the fish filleting plant on the Ed Small wharf at the foot of Pearl St....
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cold Storages, East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Pearl Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Wharfs, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  38
    Newspaper article about repair work to Knowles Wharf in 1900. Photo of George Knowles Wharf...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Churches, East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Law Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Wharfs, and Boxell, Althea
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