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Images of Provincetown, West End, including wharf destruction after Portland Gale (Union Wharf...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Bluefishing, Cape Cod houses, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dwellings, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Nickerson Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Portland Gale, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Schooners, Waterfronts, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Wharfs

Four photos of houses being moved across the water to new locations much the same way houses were...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Bluefishing, Cold Storages, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Gull Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Johnson Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Waterfronts, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Boxell, Althea

Three slides of the West End Cold Storage taken by Susan Avellar from the early 1970's.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Negative

Subjects: Atlantic Cod fishing, Atlantic Fisherman, Atlantic herring fishing, Bluefishing, Boathouses, Docks, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fish trapping, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishermen, Fishers, Fishes, Fishing, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Mackerel fishing, and West End Marina (Provincetown, Mass.)