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Continuation of the story of the Monica Smith, a Swedish freighter that beached itself off Race...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and Boxell, Althea

Article from the United States Commercial Recorder dated December 6, 1890 and reprinted in the...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, Shipwrecks, Bell, John D., Boxell, Althea, and Business

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.)

Eleven slides of the raising of the ship the Liberty Bell from the mid1970's by Susan Avellar.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Negative

Subjects: Boats and boating, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Industries, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--21st century, Sailing ships, Shipping, Shipwrecks, and Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown

Slides of the devastation of the February storm of 1978 donated by Susan Avellar.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Negative

Subjects: Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, and Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown