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Dowd Collection

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Overview

Althea Boxell (1910–1988) never lived in Provincetown, but during her life she assembled a series of scrapbooks that preserved elements of Provincetown's history and daily life throughout the late 19th and 20th century that are priceless. [More...]

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  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page   8
    Several articles, all dated 1962, about the sale of the Sea Horse Inn to Staniford Sorrentino who...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Advertising, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Fires, Guesthouses, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Boxell, Althea, and Business
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  10
    A 1900 photo of Foster's Wharf taken by John R. Smith, Long Point Lighthouse in the background...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Atlantic Fisherman, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Docks, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Waterfronts, Wharfs, Boxell, Althea, and Smith, John R.
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  11
    Picture of Capt. Jack's Wharf in 1943 (also known as Studios-By-The-Sea). 1915 color postcard...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Guesthouses, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Mayflower, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Wharfs, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  12
    Continuation of the story of the beginnings of the Universalist Church in Provincetown. Photo of...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Churches, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dwellings, Fishing villages, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Boxell, Althea, and Smith, John R.
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  13
    Continuation of the story of the founding of the Universalist Church in Provincetown/
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Churches, Fishing villages, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Long Point Settlement, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Boxell, Althea
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