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Old whaler, Baltic, tied up to B.H. Dyer's wharf in 1890's. Manta's Wharf to the left, Steamboat...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Docks, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Wharfs, and Boxell, Althea

Reference list of Provincetown Whaling Journals that are held at the Providence, RI Public Library.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Text

Subjects: And God Created Great Whales, Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Docks, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishermen, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Sailing ships, Sailors, Shipping, Waterfronts, Whale Watching--History--Provincetown, Whalers (Persons), Whaling, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, and Wharfs

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.)

Photogaphs and post cards loaned to the Provincetown History Project by Helen Valentine, a...

Collection: Stand Alone Documents

Format: Photo

Subjects: Cape Cod houses, Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Center Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Docks, Dwellings, East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Highland Light, Highland Light (U.S), Ice Harvest, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), Murchison House, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown Players, Provincetown Volunteer Fire Department, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Whaling, Wharfs, Windstorms--Massachusetts--History--19th century, Boats and boating, Cold Storages, and Town Crier