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Borkowski Collection

Borkowski

Overview

A student of history since adolescence when Mrs. Henry N. Flynt, a mentor and founder of Historic Deerfield along with her husband, arranged for me to become a guide there, my keen interest in history has grown since arriving in Provincetown in the mid-1980’s.  I have collected materials and studied the various areas that have interested me about Provincetown, regardless of their seeming randomness, which began with a chance purchase of some glass plate negatives that touched off a quest to understand the history of the art colony.  My work with the Town of Provincetown Art Collection further informed me.  Other avenues of historical exploration presented themselves during my research into the lives of Edna Boies Hopkins, Blanche Lazzell and E. Ambrose Webster.  Such work was started in preparation for monographs on these local artists by many fine art historians who I was fortunate enough to assist in their research. [More...]

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  • David C. Stull, advertising blotters
    Advertising for David C. Stull "The Ambergris King", refiner of whale/fish oils. The...
    Collection: Borkowski
    Format: Artwork
    Subjects: Advertising, Advertising fliers, Art, Fishing, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Whaling, Atlantic Fisherman, New Bedford (Mass.), and Business
  • Beached Whale photographs, Provincetown 1946
    Photographs of a beached whale in 1946. This whale was the subject of harassment and a local...
    Collection: Borkowski
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Harbors--Provincetown--Mass and Whale Watching--History--Provincetown
  • Postcard Image of Blanche Lazzell Studio "Provincetown Lane"
    Photograph of a the Lazzell wharf studio in Provincetown around the turn of the 20th century.
    Collection: Borkowski
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Art, and Cape Cod houses
  • The Norman Mailer Writers Colony Membership Card
    Membership card for “The Norman Mailer Writers Colony”.
    Collection: Borkowski
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Provincetown (Mass.)--History--21st century
  • Provincetown Art Association Crafts Fair
    Flyer for the Provincetown Art Association’s Crafts Fair.
    Collection: Borkowski
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Advertising, Advertising fliers, and Provincetown Art Association & Museum
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