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U.S. navy airship guarding the coast during World War II, taken from John R. Smith's house in 1944.

Collection: Dowd

Format: Photo

Subjects: Airships, Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Churches, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Smith, John R.

A 16 minute film of a slide show conducted by John Van Arsdale, founder of Provincetown-Boston...

Collection: Moving Picture & Oral History

Format: Video

Subjects: Airplanes, Airships, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, and Business

1903 article on the future of flight. 1952 pictures of the airport and a...

Collection: Dowd

Format: Newsprint

Subjects: Advertising, Advertising fliers, Airplanes, and Airships

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.)