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Aerial view of the wreck of the Margaret Rose, a Gloucester fishing vessel that grounded on the...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, 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

Article from the United States Commercial Recorder dated December 6, 1890 and reprinted in the...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, Shipwrecks, Bell, John D., Boxell, Althea, and Business

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.)

Photographs loaned to the Provincetown History Project by Helen Valentine, resident of Provincetown.

Collection: Stand Alone Documents

Format: Photo

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Boats and boating, Cape Cod houses, Dwellings, Fire houses, Fishermen, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Johnson Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Schooners, Theater--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History--20th Century, Theaters, Town Hall, Waterfronts, Whalers (Persons), Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.)