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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 4, Page 60
    Images of Provincetown, Town Center, including images and historic information regarding the...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Railroads, and Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.)
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 4, Page  95
    News clippings related to Pamet area in Truro, Massachusetts.
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, and Truro (Mass.)--History--20th century
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 4, Page 134
    Articles on Peaked Hill Bars Life Saving Station and related stories.
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Truro, and United States Coast Guard
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 2, Page 170
    Images of Provincetown, East End, including the Church of St. Mary of the Harbor (Episcopal) at...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Churches, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), East End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 4, Page 159
    Historical information related to Provincetown, Province Lands, including articles regarding the...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Peaked Hill Bars Station, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, and Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown
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