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Provincetown Advocate Buildings

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Collection Type

  • Photography

GUSN

GUSN-174667

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Description

The Provincetown Advocate Buildings crowd gathers to listen to a band in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The spectators are sitting and standing on a main street in front of different types of stores. There are men dressed in sailor uniforms standing in the crowd.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bands (ensembles)
stores
spectators (event observers)
seamen
parks (grounds)
benches (furniture)
commercial buildings
events
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

Thompson and Thompson 968 / Provincetown Advocate Buildings crowd listening to the band. (handwritten)

Physical Description

1 photograph ; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2400.0060.001

Image Dimensions

6 1/2 x 8 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Provincetown (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Thomson & Thomson (Boston, Mass.) (Photographic studio)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

United States. Navy

Subjects

Crowds

Description Level

Item

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