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Four pictures of Hilliard's Wharf from 1890 to 1905 showing fish flakes, the mackeral fleet in...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Atlantic Cod fishing, Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Churches, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Waterfronts, Wharfs, and Boxell, Althea

Four photos between 1880 and 1905 showing Hilliard's Wharf with codfish flakes drying, Freeman...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Atlantic Cod fishing, Boats and boating, Docks, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Freeman Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Schooners, Shipping, Waterfronts, Wharfs, Boxell, Althea, and Business

1905 postcard of a circa 1890 photo of Union Wharf and J.L.N. Paine Wharf, a 1970 newspaper...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Advertising, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishermen, Fishers--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Portland Gale, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, Sailing ships, Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Shipping, Waterfronts, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Wharfs, Boxell, Althea, and Business

A photo of the first lighthouse on Long Point, 1826, which in 1830 also became the first...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Dwellings, Elementary Schools (Provincetown, MA), Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, 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.)