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Eight photos of the Macara's Wharf fire of 1974.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Photo

Subjects: Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishing villages, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Provincetown Volunteer Fire Department, and Waterfronts

Photographs loaned to the Provincetown History Project by Helen Valentine, resident of Provincetown.

Collection: Stand Alone Documents

Format: Photo

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Boats and boating, Cape Cod houses, Dwellings, Fire houses, Fishermen, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Johnson Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Schooners, Theater--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History--20th Century, Theaters, Town Hall, Waterfronts, Whalers (Persons), Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), and Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.)

A grouping of 57 post cards made available from the collection of George W. Ferguson,...

Collection: Postcard

Format: Photo

Subjects: Architecture, domestic--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod houses, Churches, Commercial Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dwellings, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Freeman Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Kiley Court (Provincetown, Mass.), Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Mooring of ships, Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Race Point--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Sailing ships, Salt industry and trade-Provincetown, Massachusetts, Schools, Schooners, Stores/Business (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.), Town Crier, Town Hall, Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, United States Coast Guard, Waterfronts, West End (Provincetown, Mass.), Whaling, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, and Wharfs

Photograph of Railroad Wharf looking toward Monument Hill.

Collection: Municipal

Format: Photo

Subjects: Barnstable County (Mass.) History, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing villages, Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, High Pole Hill (Provincetown, Mass.), Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, MacMillan Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.), Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Railroads, Sailing ships, Waterfronts, and Wharfs

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.)