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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  49
    Continuation of the article about the restoration of the church. Original trompe l'oeil painting...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Artwork
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Churches, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Advocate, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  50
    An article from the Cape Cod Magazine and Cape Cod Life, dated October 15, 1927, tells of the...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Shipping, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  51
    Scenes around the Central House circa 1905.
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Artwork
    Subjects: Advertising, Advertising fliers, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Guesthouses, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Historic Districts--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  52
    December 1961 article in the New Beacon about plans to restore the Sea Horse Inn as the Crown...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Artwork
    Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Guesthouses, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Boxell, Althea, and Business
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 11, Page  53
    Newspaper article dated April 1947 about the unveiling of the east side of the Post Office...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Newsprint
    Subjects: Advertising, Advertising fliers, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Guesthouses, Historic Districts--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Barrie, Steve, Boxell, Althea, and Masonic Place (Provincetown, Mass.)
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