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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  54
    Newspaper article by Joyce Koch about the priceless and unique nautical and artistic decor of the...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Advertising, Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Art, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Historic Districts--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Boxell, Althea, and Masonic Place (Provincetown, Mass.)
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  55
    Newspaper obituary from 1948 reporting the death of Gertrude Snow DeWager who had been a member...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Business Records, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Death, Museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, Boxell, Althea, and Historical museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  56
    Newspaper articles encouraging the people of Provincetown to collect and donate their antique...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Historical museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  57
    1889 newspaper article in the Yarmouth Register recounting the history of transatlantic...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Shipping, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  58
    4 picture postcards from 1902 - 1909 showing Matheson's Wharf in daylight and moonlight,...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Court Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Waterfronts, Wharfs, and Boxell, Althea
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