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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 10, Page 83
    Three photos of the far west end of Provincetown. The road out to New Beach in 1935 facing a...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 10, Page 84
    1910 photo by John R. Smith of the Monument and standpipe from Shankpainter Pond. A 1915 photo...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Boxell, Althea, and Smith, John R.
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 10, Page 85
    A panoramic view, taken by Althea Boxell, of the dunes and marsh across from the end of Bradford...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 10, Page 86
    Panoramic photo of the road out to Herring Cove Beach (formerly New Beach) showing the tidal...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 10, Page 87
    Three photos from 1920of views through the dunes of the Monument and the sea. One photo from...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Boxell, Althea
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