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Dowd Collection

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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 3, Page 28
    Images of Provincetown, Town Center, including the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum c....
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Historical museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.)
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 1, Page 11b
    Views of Provincetown, Town Center, including the Gifford House, Martha Atkins House, Joe Manta's...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Docks, Dories (boats), Dwellings, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Guesthouses, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Mooring of ships, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Schooners, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Hall, Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, Waterfronts, Wharfs, Smith, John R., and Smith, John R.
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 4, Page 68
    Images of Provincetown, Province Lands, including a photograph from the 1940's by Walter Stiff.
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 5, Page 27
    Images of Provincetown, including a promotional brochure for the S.S. Dorothy Bradford c. 1911.
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Advertising, Advertising fliers, Provincetown (Mass.)--Description and travel, and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 2, Page 18
    Images of Provincetown, including historical information taken from the Provincetown Advocate in...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century and Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.)
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