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Perry Collection

Perry

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Marion Agostinho Perry was affectionately known to everyone as just "Bert" Perry. He was one of four children of Amelia (Hill) Perry and Manuel Perry, and his uncle was Captain Marion Perry, owner of the famed fishing schooner "Rose Dorothea," which won the Lipton Cup in the Fishermen's Race of Boston's Old Home Week Celebration in1907. The span of his years, 1901-1977, was marked by hard work and by unusual willingness to assume varied responsibility with warmth of spirit and personal integrity, which were unfailing. The story of his early childhood, however, reveals much about the difficult lives of the fishermen and their families in the twentieth century, and, in its retelling, one is reminded how often death stalked the boards of many a vessel sailing out of Provincetown Harbor. [More...]

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  • Provincetown 200th Anniversary
    Boston Post newpaper article titled "Day of Glory in Old Town" relating the celebration...
    Collection: Perry
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Boston Post, Provincetown (Mass.) - 200th Anniversary, and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century
  • Provincetown 200th  Anniversary 1729-1927
    Provincetown 200th Anniversary 1729-1927 newspaper "The Boston Traveler," August 5,...
    Collection: Perry
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Provincetown (Mass.) - 200th Anniversary and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century
  • Provincetown 200th  Anniversary 1727-1927 - The Boston Post
    Provincetown 200th Anniversary 1727-1927 Newspaper article in "The Boston Post,"...
    Collection: Perry
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Boston Post, Provincetown (Mass.) - 200th Anniversary, and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century
  • Provincetown Bicentennial Celebration
    New Bedford Times article on Provincetown's bicentennial celebration.
    Collection: Perry
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: New Bedford Times, Provincetown (Mass.) - 200th Anniversary, and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century
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