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A newspaper article from 1958 in the New Beacon inquiring about the legend of the willow trees in...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Cold Storages, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Howland Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Boxell, Althea, Business, and Gossip

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

1963 articles on the history of the Civil War fort on Long Point.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Archaeology, Long Point Settlement, and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century

Article on the Gale of 1839 with photos.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Peaked Hill Bars Station, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Schooners, and Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century

continuation of a radio speach on the "Gale of 1898"

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Portland (Steamer), Portland Gale, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, and Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century