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Dowd Collection

Dowd

Overview

Althea Boxell (1910–1988) never lived in Provincetown, but during her life she assembled a series of scrapbooks that preserved elements of Provincetown's history and daily life throughout the late 19th and 20th century that are priceless. [More...]

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  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 1, Page 35
    Images of Provincetown, Town Center, including Masonic Place and King Hiram's Lodge (the Masonic...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Town Hall
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 4, Page 122
    News articles on the Town dump, 1958 and 1970.
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 1, Page 115
    Images of Provincetown, Town Center, including panorama of town c. 1900 including the Centenary...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Churches, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Docks, Guesthouses, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Hall, and Waterfronts
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 2, Page 119
    Images of Provincetown, including historical information and images of the Provincetown Volunteer...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Fire houses, Fires, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Provincetown Volunteer Fire Department
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 3, Page 60
    Images of Provincetown, Town Center, including the Pilgrim Monument and articles related to its...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Historical museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.)
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