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Black and white aerial photograph featuring Flyer's Boatyard in the West End, believed to have...

Collection: Municipal

Format: Photo

Subjects: Boat ramps, Boathouses, Boats and boating, Docks, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Wharfs

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

Continuation of text and pictures from 'Life Savers of Cape Cod'. Pictures show how the...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Boathouses, Buoys, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, 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

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.)

Two photos of the east beach form Macara's Wharf and Heritage Museum in 1973.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Photo

Subjects: Art Museums, Boat ramps, Boathouses, Fishing villages, Historic Districts--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Historical museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Heritage Museum, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), West End Marina (Provincetown, Mass.), and Wharfs