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Borkowski Collection

Borkowski

Overview

A student of history since adolescence when Mrs. Henry N. Flynt, a mentor and founder of Historic Deerfield along with her husband, arranged for me to become a guide there, my keen interest in history has grown since arriving in Provincetown in the mid-1980’s.  I have collected materials and studied the various areas that have interested me about Provincetown, regardless of their seeming randomness, which began with a chance purchase of some glass plate negatives that touched off a quest to understand the history of the art colony.  My work with the Town of Provincetown Art Collection further informed me.  Other avenues of historical exploration presented themselves during my research into the lives of Edna Boies Hopkins, Blanche Lazzell and E. Ambrose Webster.  Such work was started in preparation for monographs on these local artists by many fine art historians who I was fortunate enough to assist in their research. [More...]

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  • Cape Cod School of Art/Webster Schools - 1914
    Charles Hawthorne and E. Ambrose Webster art schools in Provincetown, advertisements from 1914.
    Collection: Borkowski
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Advertising, Art, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Hawthorne, Charles, and Webster, E. Ambrose
  • Gifford House Flier c. 1905
    Gifford House advertising flier c. 1905
    Collection: Borkowski
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Advertising, Advertising fliers, Guesthouses, Business, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod (Mass.) Description and travel, Highland Light, Maps, Truro (Mass.)--Description and travel, Waterfronts, and Wharfs
  • Sole & Thong booklet - Duncan Sandals
    "Sole & Thong" booklet, published by The Sandal Shop (Duncan Sandals) a history. ...
    Collection: Borkowski
    Format: Artwork
    Subjects: Advertising, Business, and Families
  • Railroad Schedule, Boston and Cape Cod, 1958
    The New Haven Railroad Schedule from 1958.
    Collection: Borkowski
    Format: Artwork
    Subjects: Advertising, Advertising fliers, and Railroads
  • Elaine de Kooning exhibition 1962
    Card for an exhibit of Elaine de Kooning oils at Tirca Karlis Galleries, Provincetown, 1962....
    Collection: Borkowski
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Advertising, Advertising fliers, Art galleries, Commercial, Art, and Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.)
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