Dowd Collection

Continuation of text and photos from 'Life Savers of Cape Cod'. Pictures of the station at...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Truro, and Boxell, Althea

Continuation of text and photos from 'Life Savers of Cape Cod'. Description of Capt. Cook's...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Captains, Lifeboats, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Schooners, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Truro, and Boxell, Althea

Last page of 'Life Savers of Cape Cod' mentions and describes each of the surf men at Peaked...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifeboats, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Schooners, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Truro, and Boxell, Althea

Four postcards, circa 1905, showing life line and surf boat practice.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifeboats, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Truro, and Boxell, Althea

An article about Mrs. Nell Silvey, widow of William E. Silvey (an assistant keeper of the Peaked...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Biography, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Churches, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Death, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, Boxell, Althea, and Nautilus Club (Provincetown, MA)