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Black & white photograph of schooner and warship on the back shore. c. 1907.

Collection: Moffett

Format: Photo

Subjects: Military history, Schooners, and Shipping

Sailors disembarking from landing craft at the town pier. Early 1900's. Black and White photograph.

Collection: Moffett

Format: Photo

Subjects: Boats and boating, Docks, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Military history, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, and Sailors

Continuation of the story of 'The Wreck of the Somerset' by E. A. Grozier. Talks about the relic...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Essays, Military history, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown Advocate, Sailing ships, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and Boxell, Althea

Two photos, circa 1930, showing the Commercial St. side and the water side of Annie Boxell's...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Churches, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cook Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dwellings, East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Explorers, Families, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Long Point Settlement, Military history, Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), Waterfronts, Boxell, Althea, MacMillan, Donald B., and Bangs Street (Provincetown, Mass.)

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.)