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The shore around Gull Hill in 1880 with eelgrass visible. Also a 1947 newspaper article about...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Boat ramps, Boathouses, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Churches, Docks, Dwellings, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Gull Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Boxell, Althea

Two photos and a newspaper story reporting the demolition of the Provincetown Cold Storage at the...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cold Storages, East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishing, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Johnson Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Boxell, Althea, and Business

Three photos of the Pickert Canning Factory at Ed Small Wharf before and after the Hurricane of...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishing, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Law Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Waterfronts, Boxell, Althea, Business, and Hurricanes

Photo of the Joshua Stickney Nickerson Whale Oil plant near Herring Cove, Race Point in 1890.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Industries, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, and Boxell, Althea

This is a collection of photographs taken by photographer John R. Smith who was born in 1859 and...

Collection: Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Format: Photo

Subjects: Airships, Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Atlantic Fisherman, Boat ramps, Boathouses, Boats and boating, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Churches, Cold Storages, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Crowds, Dedication Services, Docks, East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fire houses, Fires, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishermen, Fishes, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Freemasons, Gosnold Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), High Schools--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Highland Light, Historic Districts--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Mackerel fishing, Military history, Mooring of ships, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Volunteer Fire Department, Sailing ships, Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Schools, Schooners, Seamen's Bank, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Crier, Town Hall, United States. Life-Saving Service, Waterfronts, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Wharfs, Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century, Smith, John R., Business, Masonic Place (Provincetown, Mass.), and Ryder Street (Provincetown, Mass.)