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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 6, Page 99
    Photo of Selctman Hemen Cook in front of John Francis' barber shop looking east on Commercial St....
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Schools, and Business
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 6, Page 100
    Ice in the harbor in 1875, 1918 and 1940. Perilous situation for fishermen on board their...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Artwork
    Subjects: Atlantic Fisherman, Boats and boating, Fishermen, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 6, Page 101
    Two postcards of Cook St. circa 1900 and one photo of Commercial St. looking east from Cook St....
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Cape Cod houses, Cold Storages, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cook Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Howland Street (Provincetown, Mass.), and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 6, Page 102
    Charming 1948 newspaper article about 'Chesco' (Francesco Ronga), the Eternal Servant, by Walt...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod houses, Elementary Schools (Provincetown, MA), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Vorse, Mary Heaton, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 6, Page 103
    Continuation of article about Chesco (Francesco Ronga) along with his obituary, March 27, 1947...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Beachcombers Club, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cold Storages, East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Elementary Schools (Provincetown, MA), Howland Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Hawthorne, Charles, Webster, E. Ambrose, Death, and Boxell, Althea
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