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Capt. Harvey Sparks (1817-1886). No Provincetown vessels roamed the world as widely as the whalers, and few whalers roamed as Continue reading →

24 Cemetery Road

Capt. James Sparks (1771-1849). James Sparks first shipped out at the age of 11. He married Abigail “Nabby” Cook (1777-1854). Continue reading →

24 Cemetery Road

Kenneth Stubbs (1907-1967). There are few townscapes as joyfully expressive, geometric, and colorful as the works of Kenneth Stubbs, a Continue reading →

24 Cemetery Road

David Conwell Stull (1844-1926). What other town would even think of having an “Ambergris King”? Provincetown did, and David Conwell Continue reading →

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Joseph Swarez [Fisher] 1841-1910. Unlike their “neighboring” Atlantic archipelagos, the Azores and Cape Verde, the Canary Islands sent few immigrants Continue reading →

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Hildegard M. (Dertz) Sylvia (1924-2009). A charming, alert dachshund, wearing Provincetown dog license tags from the 1990s, guards the grave Continue reading →

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Dr. Clara Mabel Thompson (1893-1958). With the possible exception of Norman Mailer, Clara Thompson is the most historically influential person Continue reading →

24 Cemetery Road

“Through Time and Tides … may we rest at peace” is the lovely inscription on what look almost like an Continue reading →