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A black and white photo of people walking down a street, Street scene, Provincetown, Massachusetts

A black and white photo of people walking down a street, Street scene,...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

The economy of a town: fishing and the tourist trade. A fishing boat in front of the S.S. "Romance," a tourist boat which used to ply between Boston and Provincetown and has since sunk in Boston Harbor. Provincetown, Massachusetts

The economy of a town: fishing and the tourist trade. A fishing boat i...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tourists getting aboard the "Steel Pier" on their return trip to Boston. During the season, two boats arrive daily at two, leave about four, bringing and taking hundreds. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Tourists getting aboard the "Steel Pier" on their return trip to Bosto...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of two women on a bicycle, Street scene, Provincetown, Massachussetts

A black and white photo of two women on a bicycle, Street scene, Provi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Art class. Provincetown's reputation as an art center provides ample income for several art schools

Art class. Provincetown's reputation as an art center provides ample i...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Fishermen and tourists mingle in tourist bar, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Fishermen and tourists mingle in tourist bar, Provincetown, Massachuse...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tourist house, Truro. Cape Verde Islander (Portuguese) who came to this country more than forty years as a fisherman later took work on the railroad. After thirty years on the railroad he had a stroke, now makes most of his income from boarding tourists in his lovely house during the short season. Truro, Massachusetts

Tourist house, Truro. Cape Verde Islander (Portuguese) who came to thi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tourist house, Truro. Portuguese woman from the Cape Verde Islands, wife of the disabled fisherman and railroad worker, now rents rooms to and boards tourists. Truro, Massachusetts

Tourist house, Truro. Portuguese woman from the Cape Verde Islands, wi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tourist house, Truro. Portuguese woman from the Cape Verde Islands, wife of disabled fisherman and railroad worker, who now rents rooms to and boards tourists. Truro, Massachusetts

Tourist house, Truro. Portuguese woman from the Cape Verde Islands, wi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tourist, fresh off the boat from Boston. With only two hours in town, they buy seashells, dinners, trinkets and rides on the sightseeing bus. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Tourist, fresh off the boat from Boston. With only two hours in town, ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tourists, fresh off the boat from Boston. With only two hours in town, they buy seashells dinners, trinkets and rides on the sight seeing bus. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Tourists, fresh off the boat from Boston. With only two hours in town,...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A new development. During the last few years, settlements of tourist cabins of this sort have sprung up in quantity on the outskirts of town. They compete seriously with the residents' business. Provincetown, Massachusetts

A new development. During the last few years, settlements of tourist c...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Beach scene at "New Beach," the most popular beach near Provincetown. Regular bus service makes this beach easily available; lack of bath houses causes a great deal of picturesque dressing and undressing in and behind parked cars. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Beach scene at "New Beach," the most popular beach near Provincetown. ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tourist house, Truro. Interior of tourist bedroom. Clothes and half-filled whisky glass belong to tourists. Truro, Massachusetts

Tourist house, Truro. Interior of tourist bedroom. Clothes and half-fi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Beach scene at "New Beach," the most popular beach near Provincetown. Regular bus service makes this beach easily available; lack of bath houses causes a great deal of picturesque dressing and undressing in and behind parked cars. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Beach scene at "New Beach," the most popular beach near Provincetown. ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Commercial Street, the main street of Provincetown which runs along the waterfront, including a view of the "Sand Bar Club" and the tourist bus which runs out to the beach. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Commercial Street, the main street of Provincetown which runs along th...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A tourist attraction. A skate caved up and hung on the pier where the Boston boat arrives. Provincetown, Massachusetts

A tourist attraction. A skate caved up and hung on the pier where the ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Local talent makes music on a Sunday afternoon under the soldiers' monument. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Local talent makes music on a Sunday afternoon under the soldiers' mon...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Street scene and shop, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Street scene and shop, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

The tourist boat arrives. View from the Pilgrim monument. Provincetown, Massachusetts

The tourist boat arrives. View from the Pilgrim monument. Provincetown...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Local talent makes music on a Sunday afternoon under the soldiers' monument. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Local talent makes music on a Sunday afternoon under the soldiers' mon...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Beach scene at "New Beach," the most popular beach near Provincetown. Regular bus service makes this beach easily available; lack of bath houses causes a great deal of picturesque dressing and undressing in and behind parked cars. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Beach scene at "New Beach," the most popular beach near Provincetown. ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Art class. Provincetown's reputation as an art center provides ample income for several art schools. Outdoor classes are likely to pop up anywhere. Massachusetts

Art class. Provincetown's reputation as an art center provides ample i...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from record for item with the same number in the LC-USF34 series. Electronic surrogate made from item with the same number ... More

Entrance to the town pier before the arrival of the Boston boat. The policeman is an institution, knows everybody, even every summer visitor. The boys wait for the chance of carrying somebody's baggage. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Entrance to the town pier before the arrival of the Boston boat. The p...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

The tourist boat arrives. View from the Pilgrim monument. Provincetown, Massachusetts

The tourist boat arrives. View from the Pilgrim monument. Provincetown...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Former fisherman, now caretaker on "Captain Jack's Wharf," a pier with shacks for the repair of gear and nets and now converted into a tourist colony. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Former fisherman, now caretaker on "Captain Jack's Wharf," a pier with...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Local talent makes music on a Sunday afternoon under soldiers' monument. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Local talent makes music on a Sunday afternoon under soldiers' monumen...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tourists, fresh off the boat from Boston. With only two hours in town, they buy seashells, dinners, trinkets, and rides on the sightseeing bus. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Tourists, fresh off the boat from Boston. With only two hours in town,...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tourists on the street. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Tourists on the street. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tourists on the street. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Tourists on the street. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tourists from the Boston boat buying seashell souvenirs. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Tourists from the Boston boat buying seashell souvenirs. Provincetown,...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Beach scene at "New Beach," the most popular beach near Provincetown. Regular bus service makes this beach easily available; lack of bath houses causes a great deal of picturesque dressing and undressing in and behind parked cars. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Beach scene at "New Beach," the most popular beach near Provincetown. ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Street scene and shop, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Street scene and shop, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a group of people sitting on a bench, Summer visitors, Provincetown, Massachusetts

A black and white photo of a group of people sitting on a bench, Summe...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

View of the town from the Pilgrim monument. Provincetown, Massachusetts

View of the town from the Pilgrim monument. Provincetown, Massachusett...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tourist house, Truro. The girl at the easel is a boarder. House belongs to incapacitated fisherman and railroad worker from the Cape Verde Islands. Truro, Massachusetts

Tourist house, Truro. The girl at the easel is a boarder. House belong...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Corn Hill, a lonely and windswept spot near Provincetown. Tourist houses on left. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Corn Hill, a lonely and windswept spot near Provincetown. Tourist hous...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tourist house, Truro. Tourist at home, Truro, Massachusetts

Tourist house, Truro. Tourist at home, Truro, Massachusetts

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Captain Jack's Wharf, formerly a fish pier, now a tourist colony mainly inhabited by "artists." Previously the shacks had been used for storing and repairing of nets and gear. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Captain Jack's Wharf, formerly a fish pier, now a tourist colony mainl...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tourist house, Truro. Cape Verde Islander (Portuguese) who came to this country more than forty years ago as a fisherman, later took work on the railroad. After thirty years on the railroad he had a stroke, now makes most of his income from boarding tourists in his lovely house during the short three-month season. Truro, Massachusetts

Tourist house, Truro. Cape Verde Islander (Portuguese) who came to thi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Monument to fifty-seven fishermen of Truro lost at sea in 1841. Truro, Massachusetts

Monument to fifty-seven fishermen of Truro lost at sea in 1841. Truro,...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tourist house, Truro. Hands of Portuguese from Cape Verde Islands. He has worked at fishing, and on the railroads, is now seventy and lives by boarding tourists during the short season. Truro, Massachusetts

Tourist house, Truro. Hands of Portuguese from Cape Verde Islands. He ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

View from Provincetown monument. Provincetown, Massachusetts

View from Provincetown monument. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Monument to fifty-seven fishermen of Truro lost at sea in 1841. Massachusetts

Monument to fifty-seven fishermen of Truro lost at sea in 1841. Massac...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Commemorative plaque on Corn Hill where, supposedly, the Pilgrims first found sweet corn. In the background, tourist houses. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Commemorative plaque on Corn Hill where, supposedly, the Pilgrims firs...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a store front, Souvenir shop, Provincetown, Massachusetts

A black and white photo of a store front, Souvenir shop, Provincetown,...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Beach scene at "New Beach," the most popular beach near Provincetown. Regular bus service makes this beach easily available; lack of bath houses causes a great deal of picturesque dressing and undressing in and behind parked cars. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Beach scene at "New Beach," the most popular beach near Provincetown. ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Postcards to friends. Souvenir shops provide an outdoor desk for tourists who want to write "wish you were here." Provincetown, Massachusetts

Postcards to friends. Souvenir shops provide an outdoor desk for touri...

Title and other information from record for LC-USF33-005082-M1. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Colle... More

Shop front. Note dress on door which is "Provincetown dress," local specialty much favored by tourists, almost never worn by Provincetowners. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Shop front. Note dress on door which is "Provincetown dress," local sp...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a house with an american flag, Provincetown street, Provincetown, Massachusetts

A black and white photo of a house with an american flag, Provincetown...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Shoppers at night in souvenir store, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Shoppers at night in souvenir store, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More