Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 6, Page 131

Panoramic photos of the north side of Commercial St. between Standish St. and Freeman St. showing the library building in 1890 and in 1952. Text quotes a Provincetown Advocate newspaper article, dated February 8, 1871, debating the pros and cons of the town getting a library.

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Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Freeman Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), and Boxell, Althea