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Images of Provincetown, Town Center, including Hilliard's Wharf and Higgins' Wharf c. 1900 and...

Collection: Dowd

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Subjects: Atlantic Cod fishing, Docks, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishers, Fishers--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Wharfs, and Boxell, Althea

Images of Provincetown, including the David Conwell Wharf and George O. Knowles Wharf...

Collection: Dowd

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Subjects: Docks, Dories (boats), Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Sailing ships, Schooners, Waterfronts, Wharfs, and Boxell, Althea

Photos of H. & S. Cook & Company Wharf, wholesale and retail fish dealers, and the Kibbe...

Collection: Dowd

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Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Atlantic Cod fishing, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cook Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Docks, East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Families, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), Wharfs, Boxell, Althea, and Business

Reference list of Provincetown Whaling Journals that are held at the Providence, RI Public Library.

Collection: Municipal

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Subjects: And God Created Great Whales, Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Docks, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishermen, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Sailing ships, Sailors, Shipping, Waterfronts, Whale Watching--History--Provincetown, Whalers (Persons), Whaling, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, and Wharfs

Information compiled by Bonnie Steele McGhee in 1992 on old wharves in Provincetown, including...

Collection: Municipal

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Subjects: Docks, East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Wharfs, Central Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cook Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishing, Nickerson Street (Provincetown, Mass.), and Atwood Avenue (Provincetown, Mass.)