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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 17
    Historical information related to Provincetown and anecdotal information from John Bell's column...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), and Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.)
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 4, Page 23
    Historical information related to Provincetown including the history of churches in Provincetown...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Churches, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Shipwrecks, and Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 3, Page 36
    Images of Provincetown, Town Center and Province Lands, including the Pilgrim Monument and...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Cold Storages, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Pilgrim Monument, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), and Wharfs
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 5, Page 36
    Images of Provincetown, including a promotional brochure of the S.S. Dorothy Bradford from June...
    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 3, Page 41
    Images of Provincetown, Town Center and Harbor, including Marine Hall, Unitarian-Universalist...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Breakwater (West End), Churches, Docks, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), United States Coast Guard, Waterfronts, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Wharfs
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