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Four color photos of the bath house at Herring Cove Beach, formerly New Beach, between 1954 and...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Boxell, Althea

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.)

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

Collection: Stand Alone Documents

Format: Photo

Subjects: Airplanes, Airships, Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Center Methodist Episcopal Church (Provincetown, Mass.), Churches, Cold Storages, Docks, Guesthouses, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Murchison House, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Schools, Town Hall, Business, Conant Street (Provincetown, Mass.), and West End (Provincetown, Mass.)

Photograph of the remains of a dune shack after a fire.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Photo

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Dune Shacks--Peaked Hill Bars Historic District, Fires, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, and Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century

This is a collection of Provincetown postcards donated by the estate of the late Brent Jackson of...

Collection: Stand Alone Documents

Format: Photo

Subjects: Anchor and Ark Club, Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Boathouses, Boats and boating, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Breakwater (West End), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), East End (Provincetown, Mass.), Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Long Point Settlement, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), Pilgrim Monument, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Railroads, Sailing ships, Theater--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History--20th Century, Theaters, Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Hall, Waterfronts, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Wharfs, and Allerton Street (Provincetown, Mass.)