History Project Logo

Browse Archives

Showing all archives in the Photo format, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History subject
Images:
Items per page:
  • Stripping a Whale
    Black & white photograph of a whale being stripped at J. Cook's Oil Factory located on Long...
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Whalers (Persons), Whaling, and Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 69
    Photo of the Joshua Stickney Nickerson Whale Oil plant near Herring Cove, Race Point in 1890.
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Industries, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, and Boxell, Althea
  • Helen Valentine Collection #1
    Photographs loaned to the Provincetown History Project by Helen Valentine, resident of Provincetown.
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Boats and boating, Cape Cod houses, Dwellings, Fire houses, Fishermen, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Johnson Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Schooners, Theater--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History--20th Century, Theaters, Town Hall, Waterfronts, Whalers (Persons), Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.)
  • Ferguson Postcard Collection
    A grouping of 57 post cards made available from the collection of George W. Ferguson,...
    Collection: Postcard
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Churches, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dwellings, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Freeman Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Kiley Court (Provincetown, Mass.), Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Mooring of ships, Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Sailing ships, Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Schools, Schooners, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Crier, Town Hall, Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, United States Coast Guard, Waterfronts, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, and Wharfs
  • Beached Whale Photograph 1950's
    A black and white photograph of a beached whale on the bay beach in Provincetown believed to be...
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Whaling, and Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History
Images:
Items per page:

NOTICE: It appears you do not have Javascript enabled in your Web browser. To access some of the features on the site (including email links) you must enable Javascript and refresh the page.