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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.)

Three slides of the West End Cold Storage taken by Susan Avellar from the early 1970's.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Negative

Subjects: Atlantic Cod fishing, Atlantic Fisherman, Atlantic herring fishing, Bluefishing, Boathouses, Docks, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fish trapping, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishermen, Fishers, Fishes, Fishing, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Mackerel fishing, and West End Marina (Provincetown, Mass.)

Two photos of the east beach form Macara's Wharf and Heritage Museum in 1973.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Photo

Subjects: Art Museums, Boat ramps, Boathouses, Fishing villages, Historic Districts--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Historical museums--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Heritage Museum, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), West End Marina (Provincetown, Mass.), and Wharfs

This is a collection of Provincetown postcards donated by the estate of the late Brent Jackson of...

Collection: Stand Alone Documents

Format: Photo

Subjects: Anchor and Ark Club, Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boathouses, Boats and boating, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Breakwater (West End), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Long Point Settlement, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), Pilgrim Monument, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Railroads, Sailing ships, Theater--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History--20th Century, Theaters, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Hall, Waterfronts, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Wharfs, and Allerton Street (Provincetown, Mass.)

Four posters of the West End Racing Club by Wendy Everett who did an annual annotated...

Collection: Municipal

Format: Photo

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boathouses, Boats and boating, Boys, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Girls, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Sailors