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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 173
    A newspaper column, The Sea and its Life, by Spartacus in the Cape Codder, July 31, 1947 telling...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Artwork
    Subjects: Gossip, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Boxell, Althea, Kemp, Harry, and Vorse, Mary Heaton
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 6, Page 174
    Four newspaper articles about local Provincetown artists and a photo of Nancy Ferguson, the last...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Artwork
    Subjects: Art, Captains, Death, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Seamen's Bank, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 6, Page 175
    Obituaries of William Ellsworth Freeman 'Willie Alley' in 1953 and Herman J. Robinson in 1978. ...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Death, Families, Freemasons, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), Boxell, Althea, Business, and Anchor and Ark Club
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 6, Page 176
    Postcard photo of summer visitors strolling on Commercial St. near the entrance to Sklaroff's...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Art, Art galleries, Commercial, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Crowds, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Boxell, Althea, Business, Ryder Street (Provincetown, Mass.), and Sklaroff Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.)
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 6, Page 177
    Photo of Small's Court in 1890 and two similar photos of Commercial St. looking west from the...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Churches, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Boxell, Althea
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