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  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 40
    Several articles on whaling dating from 1854. Includes information on scrimshaw art.
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Art, Lifesaving, Whaling--Massachusetts--History, and Whaling--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 8, Page 41
    Photo of the first life saving station at Peaked Hill Bars circa 1900. Newspaper stories about...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fishermen, Fishing, Historic buildings--Massachusetts-Provincetown, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 8, Page 43
    Continuation of text from 'The Life Savers of Cape Cod' relating details of poorly equipped...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Schooners, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Truro, Boxell, Althea, and Peaked Hill Bars Station
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 8, Page 44
    Continuation of text and pictures of methods and apparatus employed in rescues at sea as...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) Description and travel, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fishermen, Fishing, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Peaked Hill Bars Station, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Truro, and Boxell, Althea
  • Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 8, Page 45
    Continuation from 'Life Savers of Cape Cod' explaining the use of the breeches buoy and the Lyle...
    Collection: Dowd
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Buoys, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Fishermen, Lifesaving, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Lifesaving stations--Massachusetts--Truro, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Truro, Boxell, Althea, and Peaked Hill Bars Station
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