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Several stories on fishing, food on board and delivery of a new dragger in 1956.Collection: DowdFormat: NewsprintSubjects: Fishers--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishes, Fishing, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century
Several newspaper articles relating to the whaling industry in Provincetown. One article is...Collection: DowdFormat: NewsprintSubjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Dories (boats), Families, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Lifesaving, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Waterfronts, Whaling, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Wharfs, and Boxell, Althea
Newspaper articles about the difficulties and hazards of the fishing industry focusing, in one...Collection: DowdFormat: NewsprintSubjects: Atlantic Fisherman, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Churches, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Industries, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Boxell, Althea, and Mackerel fishing
Photo of the Joshua Stickney Nickerson Whale Oil plant near Herring Cove, Race Point in 1890.Collection: DowdFormat: PhotoSubjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Industries, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, and Boxell, Althea
Three photos of the original Race Point Light House and other buildings on the site dating back...Collection: DowdFormat: PhotoSubjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Boxell, Althea, and Smith, John R.
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