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A portion of a 45 minute home movie taken in the 1940's by Larry Richmond. Lawrence...

Collection: Moving Picture & Oral History

Format: Video

Subjects: Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishermen, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century

Overview map rendering of the full harbor, excluding long point, circa 1940's.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Artwork

Subjects: Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), Mooring of ships, Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown Marina (Provincetown, Mass.), Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Waterfronts, Wharfs, and Boxell, Althea

1906 color postcard of Wood End Life Saving Station, Provincetown, MA. and numerous accounts of...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Atlantic Fisherman, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishermen, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Lifeboats, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, United States. Life-Saving Service, 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

A 1900 photo of Foster's Wharf taken by John R. Smith, Long Point Lighthouse in the background...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Atlantic Fisherman, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Docks, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Waterfronts, Wharfs, Boxell, Althea, and Smith, John R.