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Black & white photograph showing storm damage along the waterfront, believed to be caused by...

Collection: Moffett

Format: Photo

Subjects: Boats and boating, Dwellings, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Portland Gale, Waterfronts, and Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century

Historical information and images of the Steamer Portland, wrecked at sea in November 1898 off of...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Portland (Steamer), Portland Gale, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century

Historical information regarding Provincetown, including shipwrecks and details of the loss of...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Sailing ships, Schooners, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century

Article on the Gale of 1839 with photos.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Peaked Hill Bars Station, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Schooners, and Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century

Excerpts from a radio speech by Douglas H. Shepherd the "Gale of 1898"

Collection: Dowd

Format: Text

Subjects: Portland (Steamer), Portland Gale, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, and Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century