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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.)

Six slides of Provincetown fishing boats taken by Susan Avellar in the early 1970's.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Photo

Subjects: Atlantic Cod fishing, Atlantic Fisherman, Blessing of the Fleet, Boats and boating, Dories (boats), Fishermen, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Mooring of ships, and Shipping

Photos taken at the Provincetown Town Wharf in 1958.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Photo

Subjects: Fishermen, Fishing, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Wharfs

Photographs loaned to the Provincetown History Project by Helen Valentine, resident of Provincetown.

Collection: Stand Alone Documents

Format: Photo

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Boats and boating, Cape Cod houses, Dwellings, Fire houses, Fishermen, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Johnson Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Schooners, Theater--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History--20th Century, Theaters, Town Hall, Waterfronts, Whalers (Persons), Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.)

These photos are from the collection of George W. Ferguson, Centerville, MA. and loaned to the...

Collection: Stand Alone Documents

Format: Photo

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dories (boats), East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fire houses, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishermen, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Railroads, Sailing ships, Schooners, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, and Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown