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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 11, Page  14
    An April 15, 1893 advertisement in the Provincetown Beacon for mutton to be sold at Adam's...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Artwork
    Subjects: Advertising, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Boxell, Althea, and Business
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  15
    Advertisement for a sale on buckets at John Adam's Grocery and Provisions store.
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Advertising, Boxell, Althea, and Business
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  16
    Newspaper stories about the architecture and interior of the Universalist Church in Provincetown,...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Churches, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  17
    1960 New Beacon article about the Universalist Church in Provincetown and its early beginnings....
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Churches, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  18
    Several articles about the Universalist Church of the Redeemer, circa 1960. Two about new lights...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Churches, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Boxell, Althea, and Moffett, Ross
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