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Several newspaper articles relating to the whaling industry in Provincetown. One article is...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Dories (boats), Families, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Lifesaving, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Waterfronts, Whaling, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Wharfs, and Boxell, Althea

August 4, 1938 article on the possible closing and sale of Peaked Hilll Coast Guard Station with...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Peaked Hill Bars Station, and United States Coast Guard

1931 article on the destruction of the Peeked Hill Bar Lifesaving Station in a storm.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, and Peaked Hill Bars Station

Three photos of the destruction of the Peeked Hill Bar Lifesaving Station in 1931.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, and Peaked Hill Bars Station

May 20, 1965 article on the wreck of the sloop Trumbell.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Lifesaving, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, and Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown