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A collection of newspaper articles and photographs on the history of the Life Saving Service and...

Collection: Municipal

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Highland Light, Highland Light (U.S), Lifeboats, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, United States Coast Guard, Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century, and United States. Life-Saving Service

From the collection of the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum, a scrapbook belonging to...

Collection: Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Format: Text

Subjects: Atlantic Fisherman, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Churches, Dickinson, Edwin, Dune Shacks--Peaked Hill Bars Historic District, Fires, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishermen, Fishers--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Military history, Navigation, New Bedford Standard, New Bedford Times, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Schooners, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Truro, United States Coast Guard, Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, and Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History

“Members of N.E.L.F., the New England Lighthouse Foundation, strategized a plan and a proposal...

Collection: Kelly

Format: Text

Subjects: Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown and United States Coast Guard

Flacking Box: This device was part of the breeches buoy beach apparatus...

Collection: Heritage Artifacts

Format: Photo

Subjects: Lifesaving, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, United States Coast Guard, United States. Life-Saving Service, Historical museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and Provincetown Heritage Museum

A Knot Board created by Edward Coon, CWO displaying 45 different types of knots with description.

Collection: Heritage Artifacts

Format: Artwork

Subjects: Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Heritage Museum, and United States Coast Guard