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1970 photo and article in the Advocate about the Coast Guard considering Long Point, among other...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.), Cold Storages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, United States Coast Guard, and Boxell, Althea

Newspaper article and photo of the rescued crew of the Margaret Rose, a fishing vessel from...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fires, Fishermen, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, United States Coast Guard, and Boxell, Althea

A newspaper article reporting that the Margaret Rose, which was wrecked when she grounded off...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishermen, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and Boxell, Althea

Provincetown Advocate report of the Gale of November 27, 1898. Extensive description of damage...

Collection: Municipal

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fishers--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Wharfs, Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century, and Business

'Those Were The Days' is a collection of articles written by Dan Towler for Provincetown Magazine...

Collection: Municipal

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Art, Art Museums, Blessing of the Fleet, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Churches, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Highland Light, Highland Light (U.S), Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown Magazine, Schools, Town Hall, Wharfs, Bell, John D., Chrysler, Walter, Gropius, Walter, Atkins-Mayo Road (Provincetown, Mass.), Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Crowds, Dune Shacks--Peaked Hill Bars Historic District, Explorers, Fishermen, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Guesthouses, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Historical museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Nautilus Club (Provincetown, MA), Railroads, Research Club (Provincetown, Mass.), Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Shipping, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), MacMillan, Donald B., Business, Kendall Lane (Provincetown, Mass.), and Hurricanes