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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.)

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

Three slides of the West End Cold Storage taken by Susan Avellar from the early 1970's.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Negative

Subjects: Atlantic Cod fishing, Atlantic Fisherman, Atlantic herring fishing, Bluefishing, Boathouses, Docks, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fish trapping, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishermen, Fishers, Fishes, Fishing, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Mackerel fishing, and West End Marina (Provincetown, Mass.)

Five negitives of the boat "Jimmy Boy" from the mid 1970's taken by Susan Avellar.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Negative

Subjects: Atlantic Fisherman, Boats and boating, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishermen, Fishers, Fishers--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishes, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and Waterfronts

An OCEA News article from the Outer Cape Environmental Association about the history of the...

Collection: Municipal

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Atlantic Cod fishing, Atlantic Fisherman, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fish trapping, Fishers--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Mackerel fishing, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--17th Century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, and Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts