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Provincetown Cold Storage General Ledger 1925-1949 records of general expense, stock,vendors,...

Collection: Cold Storage/Trap Industry

Format: Text

Subjects: Atlantic Fisherman, Atlantic herring fishing, Boats and boating, Buzzards Bay (Mass.), Cold Storages, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Financial Records, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fish trapping, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishermen, Fishers, Fishers--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishes, Fishing, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Industries, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Weirs

Photo of Pilgrim Monument with hurricane warning signal flags on September 13, 1944. Newspaper...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Atlantic herring fishing, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Docks, Fishermen, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Mooring of ships, Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), United States Coast Guard, United States. Life-Saving Service, Boxell, Althea, and Hurricanes

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

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.)