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Showing all archives in the Dowd collection, Newsprint format, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century subject
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  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 33
    A history of "Hell Town", a fishermen's camp in Provincetown.
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Fishers--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--17th Century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 36
    Several stories on fishing, food on board and delivery of a new dragger in 1956.
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Fishers--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishes, Fishing, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 66
    Several newspaper articles relating to the whaling industry in Provincetown. One article is...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Dories (boats), Families, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Lifesaving, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--18th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Waterfronts, Whaling, Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Wharfs, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 68
    Newspaper articles about the difficulties and hazards of the fishing industry focusing, in one...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Atlantic Fisherman, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Churches, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Industries, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Boxell, Althea, and Mackerel fishing
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 78
    A newspaper article from 1958 in the New Beacon inquiring about the legend of the willow trees in...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Cold Storages, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Howland Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Boxell, Althea, Business, and Gossip
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