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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.)

Postcards loaned to the History Project by Stephen Borkowski.

Collection: Borkowski

Format: Photo

Subjects: Breakwater (West End), Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.), Churches, High Schools--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Pilgrim Monument, and Schools

Provincetown High School Class of 1924 photograph with names listed.

Collection: School

Format: Photo

Subjects: Families, High Schools--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Schools

Miscellaneous photographs, a few from 1906, most from circa 1950, of students in class at the...

Collection: School

Format: Photo

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Elementary Schools (Provincetown, MA), Families, High Schools--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Schools, and West End (Provincetown, Mass.)

Jan Kelly writes a weekly column for Provincetown Magazine. “Burt Wolfman has formed the...

Collection: Kelly

Format: Photo

Subjects: Art, Art Museums, High Schools--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and Provincetown Art Association & Museum