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Article from the United States Commercial Recorder dated December 6, 1890 and reprinted in the...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, Shipwrecks, Bell, John D., Boxell, Althea, and Business

Old whaler, Baltic, tied up to B.H. Dyer's wharf in 1890's. Manta's Wharf to the left, Steamboat...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Docks, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Wharfs, and Boxell, Althea

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

Collection: Municipal

Format: Text

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

This is a collection of photographs taken by photographer John R. Smith who was born in 1859 and...

Collection: Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Format: Photo

Subjects: Airships, Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Atlantic Fisherman, Boat ramps, Boathouses, Boats and boating, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Churches, Cold Storages, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Crowds, Dedication Services, Docks, East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fire houses, Fires, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishermen, Fishes, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Freemasons, Gosnold Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), High Schools--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Highland Light, Historic Districts--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Mackerel fishing, Military history, Mooring of ships, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Volunteer Fire Department, Sailing ships, Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Schools, Schooners, Seamen's Bank, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Crier, Town Hall, United States. Life-Saving Service, Waterfronts, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Wharfs, Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century, Smith, John R., Business, Masonic Place (Provincetown, Mass.), and Ryder Street (Provincetown, Mass.)

This is a collection of newspaper articles from the 1940's compiled into a scrapbook now in the...

Collection: Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Arctic regions, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Art, Atlantic herring fishing, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Childbirth, Churches, Drowning, Explorers, Families, Fires, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fish trapping, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishermen, Fishes, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Freemasons, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Historic Districts--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Local government -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown, Mackerel fishing, Marriage, Military history, Mothers, Nautilus Club (Provincetown, MA), North Pole, Provincetown (Mass.) -- Politics and government, Provincetown (Mass.) Board of Selectmen, Provincetown (Mass.) Selectmen, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Volunteer Fire Department, Schools, Wharfs, MacMillan, Donald B., Vorse, Mary Heaton, Business, and Hurricanes