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Four postcards, circa 1905, showing life line and surf boat practice.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifeboats, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Truro, and Boxell, Althea

Photos of the Peeked Hill Bar Life Saving Station 1930 to 1958

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, and Peaked Hill Bars Station

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.)

Photogaphs and post cards loaned to the Provincetown History Project by Helen Valentine, a...

Collection: Stand Alone Documents

Format: Photo

Subjects: Cape Cod houses, Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Center Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Docks, Dwellings, East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Highland Light, Highland Light (U.S), Ice Harvest, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), Murchison House, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown Players, Provincetown Volunteer Fire Department, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Whaling, Wharfs, Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century, Boats and boating, Cold Storages, and Town Crier

A series of photographs of Provincetown and Cape Cod taken in the 1930's.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Photo

Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) Description and travel, Docks, Highland Light, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Pilgrim Monument, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--21st century, and Wharfs