Provincetown Public Library Blog

Black and White photograph taken in 1936 looking east from the intersection of Standish and Commercial Street.

May 10, 2019Photo by Krasimira Banova My Country and IA Poem by Hilde Oleson My country and I are both sick.Not long ago we were both at the top of our game,Respected, even loved, working hardTo make the world a better place.A scourge swept in silently.Just quietly...

A 1948 view of the Lobster Pot and Commercial Street looking east.

Black and White photograph featuring the pilgrm Monument taken in the early twentieth century.

Black and White photograph taken by G.H. Nickerson of a windmill in Provincetown, c. 1898.

Black & White photo of three men (possibly Coast Guard) walking towards Taves boatyard, 129R Commercial Street on left and Flyer's Boatyard on the right at Good Templar Place (camera facing Commercial St.)

April 12, 2019Photo by Jamie Demetriou A Poem by Jamie Demetriou Stillness is the color painted by the unseen handSilence is the poem whispered in the windAs above so belowThe artist in the mindThe lover in my soul.   To submit a photo or poem, email Assistant Library...

Color photo of trapboat Charlotte before restoration, at breakwater near Provincetown Inn.

April 5, 2019Photo by Debbie Jones-Norberto AriesA Poem by Jack Wesdorp From a dump far out of reach,galump galump galump screech,then a voice on a bullhorn,sardonic and full of scorn,“Royalty sucks rotten eggswhile the common hungry begs.Are there any jobs to do,eggs...

Black and White photograph of barges Idaho, Rutherford, Tucahoe - all wrecked on back shore near old Peaked Hill Coast Guard Station owned by Eugene O'Neil.

March 29, 2019Photo by Stephen Borkowski Welcome, welcomeA Poem by Mark S. Peel Take your proper control of all things naturalEverything vertical, all that is lateralProceed to work the cycle that renewsThat promises rebirth, that produces grand viewsThank you, thank...

Undated photo of Provincetown football team from the Dowd Collection.

March 22, 2019Photo by Melanie Black ProvincetownA Poem by P.J. Thier A wooden gate latched, but left unlocked,             its gray boards beckoning; A blue veined Glory             waving allegiance to the morning; A bakery, Portuguese,              spinning heads...

Photo of one of the houses that was moved across the Harbor around 1850.

March 15, 2019Photo by Francis De Nicola In Memoriam: Mary Oliver 1935 - 2019A Poem by Eileen Kennedy I think I walked with youto this black waterin soft slippers of sandknowing we were nearingprecious water that held thesky, stars, moon and sun,and the open face of a...

Photo of the Joshua Stickney Nickerson Whale Oil plant near Herring Cove, Race Point in 1890.

March 8, 2019Photo by Louis Kozma Summer A Poem by Sydney Cropper The warm sun beating down on my tan skinThe cool sea breeze rushes through my blonde hairMy friends and I lay in the sand and winEndless days and endless nights with no care The smell of smoke and...

A 1963 Gifford House menu.

March 1, 2019Photo by Stephen Borkowski Pisces A Poem by Jack Wesdorp We like terminal places,airports, bus and train stations,hospitals and libraries,churches and cemeteries,Race Point beach is excellent,hard to reach, where next is bent,any mountain top or cliff,cop...

Photo of Provincetown Cold Storage being town down in 1952. 

A photo of a construction (house being torn down) in order to widen Ryder Street in 1921.

February 15, 2019Photo by Amy Raff She Walks in Beauty A Poem by Lord Byron (1814) She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that’s best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes:Thus mellowed to that tender lightWhich...

Huge ice drifts in Provincetown Harbor in 1918.