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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 4, Page 146
    Historical information related to Provincetown, including articles related to shipwrecks and...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Lifeboats, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and United States. Life-Saving Service
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 4, Page 1
    Images of Provincetown, Town Center, including High Pole Hill during the construction of the...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.)
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 4, Page 32
    Historical information regarding Provincetown related to repairs on the Race Run/Hatches' Harbor...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 3, Page 46
    Images of Provincetown, Harbor, including ships grounded on the West End Breakwater and the...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Boats and boating, Breakwater (West End), Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 1, Page  1
    Views of Provincetown, Town Center, c. 1880 and 1900, with images of Small's Tailor Shop, Harry...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.)
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