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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.)

Scrapbook of "Provincetown and Cape Cod" of unknown origin titled "Book 3". ...

Collection: Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Advertising fliers, Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Arctic regions Discovery and exploration, Art, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Beachcombers Club, Boats and boating, Bowdoin (Ship), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Crowds, Death, Dune Shacks--Peaked Hill Bars Historic District, Explorers, Families, Fires, Gosnold Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Mayflower II (Ship), Nautilus Club (Provincetown, MA), North Pole, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Poetry, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--17th Century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Players, Research Club (Provincetown, Mass.), Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, Hunt, Peter, Kemp, Harry, MacMillan, Donald B., MacMillan, Miriam, Murchison, Dr. Carl, Vorse, Mary Heaton, and Hurricanes

Selectmen's meeting minutes dated 8/11/1986 regarding the crowds and congestion in front of...

Collection: Municipal

Format: Text

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Court Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Crowds, Provincetown (Mass.) -- Politics and government, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), Business, and Provincetown (Mass.) Board of Selectmen

Selectmen's meeting minutes dated 8/16/1986 regarding the crowds and congestion in front of...

Collection: Municipal

Format: Text

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Court Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Crowds, Local government -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.) -- Politics and government, Provincetown (Mass.) Board of Selectmen, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Business

Boston Globe article dated 8/19/1986 detailing 9 arrests by Provincetown police who were...

Collection: Municipal

Format: Text

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boston Globe, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Carver Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Crowds, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), and Business