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Images of Provincetown, East End, including 2 Baker Avenue (c. 1921), Pearl Street, and...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Baker Avenue (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod houses, East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Guesthouses, Industries, Pearl Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, and Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History

Articles on whaling dating from 1739 to mid-nineteen fifties.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, and Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History

Several articles on whaling dating from 1854. Includes information on scrimshaw art.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Art, Lifesaving, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, and Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History

Articles on history of whale beachings with photo.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, and Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History

Reference list of Provincetown Whaling Journals that are held at the Providence, RI Public Library.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Text

Subjects: And God Created Great Whales, Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Docks, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishermen, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Sailing ships, Sailors, Shipping, Waterfronts, Whale Watching--History--Provincetown, Whalers (Persons), Whaling, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, and Wharfs