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Several articles on storms and lifesaving in the 1870's

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Death, Lifeboats, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Peaked Hill Bars Station, and Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown

A November 25, 1971 article in the Provincetown Advocate by John Bell about the Portland Gale...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boats and boating, Breakwater (West End), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Death, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Lifeboats, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Portland Gale, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, United States Coast Guard, Bell, John D., Boxell, Althea, and Hurricanes

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

Obituary for Nilla Cram Cook who died in Austrai on October 11, 1982. Her father, George Cram...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Death, Gosnold Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), and Boxell, Althea

This is a text version of epitaphs from tombstones in the town cemetery on Winthrop St. compiled...

Collection: Municipal

Format: Text

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Burial, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cemeteries, Death, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--17th Century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, and Winthrop Street (Provincetown, Mass.)