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This is a collection of photographs taken by photographer John R. Smith who was born in 1859 and...

Collection: Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Format: Photo

Subjects: Airships, Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Atlantic Fisherman, Boat ramps, Boathouses, Boats and boating, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Churches, Cold Storages, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Crowds, Dedication Services, Docks, East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fire houses, Fires, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishermen, Fishes, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Freemasons, Gosnold Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), High Schools--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Highland Light, Historic Districts--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Mackerel fishing, Military history, Mooring of ships, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Volunteer Fire Department, Sailing ships, Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Schools, Schooners, Seamen's Bank, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Crier, Town Hall, United States. Life-Saving Service, Waterfronts, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Wharfs, Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century, Smith, John R., Business, Masonic Place (Provincetown, Mass.), and Ryder Street (Provincetown, Mass.)

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

Collection of post cards and photographs loaned to the Provincetown History Project by Helen...

Collection: Stand Alone Documents

Format: Photo

Subjects: Atkins Lane (Provincetown, Mass.), Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Murchison House, Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Players, Railroads, Sailors, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Wharfs, and Railroad Avenue (Provincetown, Mass.)

A grouping of 57 post cards made available from the collection of George W. Ferguson,...

Collection: Postcard

Format: Photo

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Churches, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dwellings, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Freeman Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Kiley Court (Provincetown, Mass.), Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Mooring of ships, Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Sailing ships, Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Schools, Schooners, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Crier, Town Hall, Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, United States Coast Guard, Waterfronts, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, and Wharfs

This photo is from the collection of George W. Ferguson, Centerville, MA. and loaned to the...

Collection: Stand Alone Documents

Format: Photo

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Atlantic Cod fishing, Cape Cod houses, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishers--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Wharfs