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A July 16, 1939 article in the Worcester Sunday Telegram about the rewards and hazards of...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Atlantic Cod fishing, Atlantic Fisherman, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Cold Storages, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fish trapping, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishermen, Fishers, Fishers--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishes, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Industries, Mackerel fishing, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Boxell, Althea, and Business

Newspaper articles about the difficulties and hazards of the fishing industry focusing, in one...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Atlantic Fisherman, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Churches, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Industries, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Boxell, Althea, and Mackerel fishing

Newspaper articles from as far back as 1890 about Provincetown fishermen and the ships that...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Atlantic Cod fishing, Atlantic Fisherman, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishermen, Fishers--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Mackerel fishing, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Schooners, Boxell, Althea, and Business

Photo of Long Point Light in 1979 taken by the National Park Service. An 1859 accounting of all...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Business Records, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Mackerel fishing, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, United States Coast Guard, United States. Life-Saving Service, and Boxell, Althea

This is a collection of newspaper articles from the 1940's compiled into a scrapbook now in the...

Collection: Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Arctic regions, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Art, Atlantic herring fishing, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Childbirth, Churches, Drowning, Explorers, Families, Fires, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fish trapping, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishermen, Fishes, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Freemasons, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Historic Districts--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Local government -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown, Mackerel fishing, Marriage, Military history, Mothers, Nautilus Club (Provincetown, MA), North Pole, Provincetown (Mass.) -- Politics and government, Provincetown (Mass.) Board of Selectmen, Provincetown (Mass.) Selectmen, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Volunteer Fire Department, Schools, Wharfs, MacMillan, Donald B., Vorse, Mary Heaton, Business, and Hurricanes