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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

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.)

Six slides of Provincetown fishing boats taken by Susan Avellar in the early 1970's.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Photo

Subjects: Atlantic Cod fishing, Atlantic Fisherman, Blessing of the Fleet, Boats and boating, Dories (boats), Fishermen, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Mooring of ships, and Shipping

Photos of MacMillan Wharf in 1988 including a photo of the "Joan Tom".

Collection: Municipal

Format: Photo

Subjects: Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), Mooring of ships, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Wharfs

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