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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.)

Slides of the devastation of the February storm of 1978 donated by Susan Avellar.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Negative

Subjects: Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, and Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown

These photos are from the collection of George W. Ferguson, Centerville, MA. and loaned to the...

Collection: Stand Alone Documents

Format: Photo

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dories (boats), East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fire houses, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishermen, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Railroads, Sailing ships, Schooners, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, and Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown

This newspaper article in the Portland Daily Press, dated January 1, 1967, is from the collection...

Collection: Stand Alone Documents

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving, Portland (Steamer), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and Hurricanes

A pamphlet commemorating the 200th anniversary of the incorporation of Provincetown as a town,...

Collection: Borkowski

Format: Text

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Churches, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishermen, Fishing, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Incorporation, Local government -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown, Mayflower (Ship), Pilgrim Monument, Portland Gale, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.) - 200th Anniversary, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Seamen's Bank, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Hawthorne, Charles, and MacMillan, Miriam