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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 33
    Images of Provincetown including the obituary and photograph of Mary G. Bacon Bicknell, founder...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Cemeteries, Death, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Theater--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History--20th Century, Theaters, and West End (Provincetown, Mass.)
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 2, Page 77
    Images of Provincetown, West End, including Bradford Street, the Moors, Province Lands Road and...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), and West End (Provincetown, Mass.)
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 2, Page 10
    Images of Provincetown, East End and Waterfront, including the vicinity of Commercial Street,...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Docks, Dories (boats), East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Law Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Pearl Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), Waterfronts, and Wharfs
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 2, Page 50
    Images of Provincetown, West End, including 1, 7, and 9-11 Commercial Street and historical...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dwellings, Guesthouses, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), and West End (Provincetown, Mass.)
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 2, Page 136
    Images of Provincetown, East End, including a view from Miller Hill c. 1915 and an article...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Miller Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Hawthorne, Charles
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