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Fishermen on the docks with nets, Provincetown, Mass., undated

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GUSN

GUSN-190080

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Description

Full color postcard of fishermen on the docks of Provincetown Harbor. They are standing and seated with coiled nets and barrels surrounding them.

Details

Descriptive Terms

nets (objects)
fishermen (people)
docks
laborers
postcards
photographs

Physical Description

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1922-04-12

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.TMP.026

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

Provincetown (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Provincetown Harbor (Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [bay]

Record Details

Originator

Metropolitan News Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Publisher)

Material Type

postcards
photographs

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 98 Original in Postcards - Provincetown, MA

Description Level

Item

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