Buddy's Tattoo Shop, Newport, Rhode Island
Index data: 1, Michael Bell at Buddy's; 2, Me at Buddy's; 3-10, Billy Wilmers, customer at Buddy's; 11-20, Bill McLaughlin, customer
Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (pheasant and bear), Coventry,...
Index data: 1-5, Attaching cardboard stripes to top and bottom of wings to hold wings in place until they stiffen and set; 6-10, The finished, mounted pheasant; 11-20, Norman Wolfe sewing felt liner to a bear skin
Woonsocket "social" area, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-20, "Social" neighborhood kids Public domain photograph - child portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Alfred Potter, quahaug (quahog) boat building, Wickford, Rhode Island
Index data: 2, Cutting the angle on the bottom boards; 3, Inspecting the boards for fit; 4-6, Sawing the bottom boards for proper angle; 7-8, Again inspecting for fit; 9-14, Putting in the bottom board closest ... More
Christmas crafts class, Rhode Island - Folklife project collection
Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Community Baptist Church, Newport, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-18, Congregation after service Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portraits of unidentified people - Folklife project collection
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kids playing, interior mural, exterior fields, Bonnet Shores Recreatio...
Index data: 1-3, Interior of hall -- mural; 4-11, Kids playing inside; 12-13, Exterior of recreation hall; 14, Fields in back of hall
Church of the Holy Rosary food auction after street procession, Provid...
Index data: 5-7, Member of the Holy Name Society, Church of the Holy Rosary, Providence, Rhode Island; 8-14, Auction of food gifts after street procession; 15-17, Food tray, with money, to be auctioned; 18, Act... More
Field team at hotel, Providence, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-12, Tom Burns; 13-14, Gerri Johnson; 15-16, Mike Bell; 23-26, Kenny Goldstein; 27-32 (Photos by Mike Bell) Marcia Erickson and Walter Nebiker; 33, Nebiker, Burns
Richmond Kent's inventions, Chepachet, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-3, Homemade grain feeder using welded 50 gallon drums; 4, Homemade water circulator for keeping pond ice free in freezing weather; 5, Edna Kent with drum raft made of 50 gallon drums; 6-10, Richmo... More
Alfred Potter, quahaug (quahog) boat building, Wickford, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-7, Attaching the bottom strake to the stern, drilling, nailing, caulking; 8-9, Double exposures of one chine sprung behind the strake between the stem and stern on one side; 10-20, Attaching the b... More
Barber shop, Manville, Rhode Island - Folklife project collection
Index data: 1-16, Barber shop - father and grandson (#12); 13-14, Barber under sign advertising his moonlighting skills as nightclub hypnotist
Thanksgiving dinner and table settings at Kent's in Chepachet, Rhode I...
Index data: 1-9, Edna Kent carving turkey at Thanksgiving dinner in Chepachet, 22 November 1979; 10-20, Dishes and crockery made by Peter Pot's Pottery in which Thanksgiving dinner was served at Kent's in Chepa... More
Key's Memorial Church of God in Christ service, Newport, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-3, 8-9, Mother Key Preaching; 4-7, 10-11, General church views; 12, Designer of church building
Charles Arnold, firewood producer, Saunderstown, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-2, General shot of the wood pile; 3-4, The saw and bulldozer scoop for holding the cut logs; 5-6, Starting the motor to run the saw; 7-11, Cutting the wood into 1 1/2-2 ft. lengths; 12-17, The log... More
Charles Arnold's turkeys, Saunderstown, Rhode Island; Steven Whitehead...
Index data: 2a-6a, Charles Arnold's turkeys; 7a-15a, Interior and exterior shots of Steven Whitehead's workshop-garage; 16a-19a, External shots of main house that Whitehead has built; 20a-24a, Steven Whitehead'... More
Newport Bridge, Aquidneck Lobster Company, and lobster ship, Newport, ...
Index data: 1-10, Newport Bridge from Goat Island Bridge; 11-20, Aquidneck Lobster Co.; 16-20, Johny Walyo in white t-shirt
Bonnet Shores Recreation Center activities, children, races, Narragans...
Index data: 1-37, General activity, Recreation Center, Arthur Hoey supervising (11-14, 21-22); 5-8, Boy's races; 15-19, Boys' races; 23-37, Wheel barrel races
Alfred Potter, quahaug (quahog) boat building, Wickford, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-7, Attaching the bottom strake to the stern, drilling, nailing, caulking; 8-9, Double exposures of one chine sprung behind the strake between the stem and stern on one side; 10-20, Attaching the b... More
Rhode Island Ceilidhe Club, 50 America St., Cranston, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-19, Francis "Frank" Henry, spoons; Jim Joy, accordion; Christy Hannon, bodhran (small drum) and flute
Community Baptist Church interior and exterior, 79 Thames St, Newport,...
Index data: 1-11, Exterior and interior views Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Woonsocket High School, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Index data: 2-4, In hall; 5-36, In history class
Houses, Olivo's Beach, scenes in Saunderstown, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-2, House number sign, Olivo's beach; 3-12, Cottages at Olivo's Beach; 13-14, Saunderstown Country Store sign; 15-16, Willett Library, Saunderstown; 17-18, Saunderstown community bulletin board
Venda Ravioli Inc. (pasta-making plant), 31 Rathbone St., Providence, ...
Index data: 1-2, Anthony Gianfrancesco readies one of the two ravioli machines; 3, Gianfrancesco wheels container of ricotta cheese to be used as ravioli filling; 4-9, Gianfrescesco loads ricotta cheese into ra... More
Kevin Fallon, fiddler, West Glocester, Rhode Island; Miriam Craig, app...
Index data: 3-19, Kevin Fallon, fiddler, in various poses, West Glocester, Rhode Island; 20, Large Teddy Bear cookie in home of Miriam Craig, Chepachet, Rhode Island; 21, Wooden toy gun carved by Miriam Craig; ... More
Rhode Island Ceilidhe Club, 50 America St., Cranston, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-11, General shots of the club and audience; 12-13, County map of Ireland displayed in the downstairs club area; 14-18, Sheila Falls, violin solo
Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (pheasant), Coventry, Rhode Is...
Index data: 1-14, The body and neck forms and their placement in the bird, attaching leg and wing wires through the body form; 15, Louis Wolfe; 16-20, Mounting the bird on a mounting board
Champ's Diner, exterior, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-8, Exterior views Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rose LaVoie and Purple Cat Restaurant; Al Zifchock at work carving, Ch...
Index data: 2-5, Elephant signs and posters in Purple Cat Restaurant, Chepachet, Rhode Island; 6-7, Antique wood burning stove in Purple Cat Restaurant; 8, Rose Lavoie and Kenneth Lavoie (Rose's son) in kitchen... More
Key's Memorial Church of God in Christ, Newport, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-20, Outside church service, general views Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Richmond Kent's inventions, Chepachet, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-3, Homemade grain feeder using welded 50 gallon drums; 4, Homemade water circulator for keeping pond ice free in freezing weather; 5, Edna Kent with drum raft made of 50 gallon drums; 6-10, Richmo... More
Hair salon, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs
Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
C.E.T.A. exhibition, National Black Ensemble Theatre (NBET), Providenc...
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Church of the Holy Rosary street procession, Providence, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-36, Church of Holy Rosary street procession (Portuguese Roman Catholic church) Providence, Rhode Island, 16 September 1979
Lafond Company, weaving mill, Manville, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-20, Inspecting and mending fabric; Clemence Lafond, an owner, in white blouse
Ukrainian and Italian exhibits and dance area, Heritage Day, Rhode Isl...
Index data: 1-6, Photographic display of prominent Ukrainians - Ukrainian area; 7-12, Italian American area, showing racial and ethnic mix; 13-17, Main performance area and groups performing; 18, Lithuanian fla... More
Al Zifchock's carved signs in Chepachet, Rhode Island; Heritage Day; P...
Index data: 1-8, Zifchock carved signs in Purple Cat restaurant, Chepachet; 9-11, Henry Horenstein photographing signs in Purple Cat Restaurant; 12-16, Zifchock sign in Purple Cat Restaurant; 17-19, Interior of... More
Kenyon Cornmeal Company, Usquepaug, Rhode Island
Index data: 2-6, Adding ingredients to mixer to prepare a batch of pancake mix; 7-9, Packaging in boxes for shipment - Ernest Gilbert, general manager; 10-12, Preparing ingredients for a mix; 13-18, Packaging; ... More
Peggy Staley and mandala art book, Saunderstown, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-4, Mandala paintings prior to Peg's conscious knowledge of her cancer; 5-6, Mandala paintings just a few days before cancer was recognized and diagnosed - precognitive; 7-8, Paintings suggestive o... More
Florence Dye Works, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-20, Exterior and interior views Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island; Isaac H...
Index data: 1-18, Norman Wolfe removing last vestiges of the flesh from the skin of the head of a deer; 19-20, Current prices at the Wolfe taxidermy shop; 21-25, Isaac Hull's rifle range at the rear of his back... More
Key's Memorial Church of God in Christ, Newport, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-20, Outside church service, general views Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lance Ricci making jewelry (dragon belt buckle), Wickford Jewelry Shop...
Index data: 1-3, Burning in the main gate; 4-5, Final cleaning of rubber molds; 6-20, The waxing process and the finished wax of the belt buckle
Bud Rondeau's painted rocks, Providence, Rhode Island
Index data: 2-33, Bud Rondeau painting rocks in his workshop
Street scenes, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs
Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rhode Island Ceilidhe Club, 50 America St., Cranston, Rhode Island
Public domain image of coupe, engagement, family, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sand sculpture Contest, Canonchet Beach; Burns family, Canonchet Beach...
Index data: 2A-27A, Canonchet Beach Sand sculptures - entries in the contest (except 16A-18A); 16A-18A, Amy Nield, age 10, independent of the contest, building a sandcastle; 28A-36A, Burns family at Canonchet B... More
Rhode Island Ceilidhe Club, 50 America St., Cranston, Rhode Island
Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thanksgiving dinner and table settings at Kent's in Chepachet, Rhode I...
Index data: 1-9, Edna Kent carving turkey at Thanksgiving dinner in Chepachet, 22 November 1979; 10-20, Dishes and crockery made by Peter Pot's Pottery in which Thanksgiving dinner was served at Kent's in Chepa... More
Alfred Potter, quahaug (quahog) boat building, Wickford, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-7, Attaching the bottom strake to the stern, drilling, nailing, caulking; 8-9, Double exposures of one chine sprung behind the strake between the stem and stern on one side; 10-20, Attaching the b... More
Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (pheasant), Coventry, Rhode Is...
Index data: 1-14, The body and neck forms and their placement in the bird, attaching leg and wing wires through the body form; 15, Louis Wolfe; 16-20, Mounting the bird on a mounting board
Venda Ravioli Inc. (pasta-making plant), 31 Rathbone St., Providence, ...
Index data: 1-15, Frank Galea hand cuts macaroni sheets into square pieces for manicotti.
Sam Place and Muriel Place family, making doughboys, garden, Greenvill...
Public domain photograph of a couple, husband and wife, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Woonsocket High School, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Index data: 2-24, In history class; 25-36, General views in hall between classes
Community Baptist Church, Newport, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-4 and 19-20, Reverend Robert Williams; 5-18, Choir and congregation
Bessie Ewen and Battye Ewen house, outbuildings, barn, Springfield, Rh...
Index data: 1-4, House, from front (Afternoon light; the house must face more or less south or southwest); 5-7, Mr. Ewen in the living room (originally the "parlor bedroom"); 8-10, Mr. Battye Ewen; 11-12, The C... More
Buddy's Tattoo Shop, Newport, Rhode Island
Index data: 1, Michael Bell at Buddy's; 2, Me at Buddy's; 3-10, Billy Wilmers, customer at Buddy's; 11-20, Bill McLaughlin, customer
Aquidneck Lobster Company, Newport, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-20, General views in and out of warehouse
Al Armstrong and Lynn Armstrong, Bonnet Shores, Narragansett, Rhode Is...
Index data: 2-14, Exterior portraits, Armstrongs; 15-20, Exterior shots of Armstrongs' house; 21-37, Shots of N.E.W.B.E. players and audience, prior to evening's performance
Teens in gym making something out of papier mache, Rhode Island
Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Alfred Potter, quahaug (quahog) boat building, Wickford, Rhode Island
Index data: 2-15, Interior shots of Alfred Potter's boat building shop; 16-18, One of the chines of the quahaug boat; 19-25, Alfred Potter's boat building shop in the rear of his backyard; 26-28, Alfred Potter'... More
Taissa Decyk and Ukrainian embroidery, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-9, Taissa Decyk with her embroidery; 10-14, Copies of Taissa Decyk's slides
Bud Rondeau and Margaret Rondeau, Providence, Rhode Island; Al Zifchoc...
Index data: 1-3, Portrait Bud and Margaret Rondeau; 4-12, Exterior and interior of Al's studio
Lafond Company, weavers, Manville, Rhode Island
Index data: 2-37, General mill activity; 2-3, A weaver; 4-24, Bobbin winding; 25-37, Menders at work; 34-37, Clemence Lafond, one of mill owners
Champ's Diner, interior, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-20, Interior activity, breakfast; 5, Fieldworker, Gerri Johnson
Joe Mellos' yard, Lowell, Massachusetts; Grape arbors in Back Central,...
Index data: 1-6, Grape arbors and gardens, Back Central, Lowell; 7-8, Miscellaneous gardens, Lowell
Performance of the play Revelation by the Newport Black Ensemble Theat...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (pheasant), Coventry, Rhode Is...
Index data: 1-14, Attaching metal wires to legs and wings; 15-20, Preparing main body mold
Sam Place and Muriel Place, eating, interview, travel log, Greenville,...
Index data: 2-36, General shots of eating and interview session -- homemade doughboys included in many shots; 30-32, Travel log -- Sam and Muriel travel frequently
Finished bracelet, Wickford Jewelry Shop; Salesman interchange in jewe...
Index data: 1-2, Polished and unpolished finished products; 3-10, Salesman interchange, Lance selects what he wants; 11-12, Payment and book keeping; 13, The objects Lance bought
Alfred Potter, quahaug (quahog) boat building, Wickford, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-7, Attaching the bottom strake to the stern, drilling, nailing, caulking; 8-9, Double exposures of one chine sprung behind the strake between the stem and stern on one side; 10-20, Attaching the b... More
Hoey family, yard, general views, Bonnet Shores, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-9, Hoey Family, Martha (daughter), Arthur (father), Pat (mother); 10-12, Hoey's yard; 13-14, Bonnet Battery - view; 16-17, Off cliff; 15, 18-20, General Bonnet Shore views
Bud Rondeau's painted rocks, Providence, Rhode Island
Index data: 2-33, Bud Rondeau painting rocks in his workshop
Natalie Michaluk and pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs), Rhode Island
Index data: 1-36, Natalie Milachuk creating Pysanky or Ukrainian Easter eggs
Jasper and Bailey, sailmakers, Newport, Rhode Island; Steere Orchards,...
Index data: 2-18, Jasper and Bailey - general views interior, including; 6-18, Aaron Jasper; 19-36, General views, orchards, including Jamaican migrant worker
Thanksgiving dinner and table settings at Kent's, Al Zifchock signs, C...
Index data: 1-10, Thanksgiving dinner at Edna and Richmond Kent, 22 November 1979, Chepachet, Rhode Island; 11-13, Carved wooden bumper on pickup truck. Bumper carved by Al Zifchock, Chepachet, Rhode Island; 14... More
Rhode Island Ceilidhe Club, 50 America St., Cranston, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-19, Francis "Frank" Henry, spoons; Jim Joy, accordion; Christy Hannon, bodhran (small drum) and flute
Sam Place and Muriel Place, eating, interview, travel log, Greenville,...
Index data: 2-36, General shots of eating and interview session -- homemade doughboys included in many shots; 30-32, Travel log -- Sam and Muriel travel frequently
Richmond Kent's inventions, Chepachet, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-3, Homemade grain feeder using welded 50 gallon drums; 4, Homemade water circulator for keeping pond ice free in freezing weather; 5, Edna Kent with drum raft made of 50 gallon drums; 6-10, Richmo... More
Steere Orchards, Jamaican migrant workers, Greenville, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-20, Jamaican migrant workers Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Le Foyer picnic, Cumberland, Rhode Island
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Al Zifchock's workshop and wood carvings, Chepachet, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-6, Outside Al Zifchock's wood workshop; 7-18, Samples of wood work by Al, outside workshop
Florence Dye Works, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-11, General interior views; 1-2, Norm Guerin, part-owner
South County Museum, exteriors; Graffiti bluff; Mill housing, Narragan...
Index data: 1-3, South County Museum exteriors; 4-5, Bluff covered with graffiti; 6-8, Litter at base of graffiti bluff; 9-14, Mill housing made into apartment complex
Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island; Isaac H...
Index data: 1-18, Norman Wolfe removing last vestiges of the flesh from the skin of the head of a deer; 19-20, Current prices at the Wolfe taxidermy shop; 21-25, Isaac Hull's rifle range at the rear of his back... More
Community Baptist Church service, Newport, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-36, General views of congregation Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Scenes on Block Island, Rhode Island
Index data: 2-21, The Ball farm, house and fields, and view of a neighboring farm, the Littlefield farm; 22-32, Sketches from Madeline Marcott's sketchbook and design for a t-shirt emblem - the oar; 33-36, The ... More
Colonial militia, Kentish Guards, East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-2, Flags at the front of the Kentish Guard armory main upstairs room, showing Kentish Guard flag in the middle. For all names see Col. Hempel; 3-6, Pictures of the meeting in session, being conduc... More
Steere Orchards, orchard, Jamaican migrant workers, Jimmy Steere, Gree...
Index data: 2-36, General orchard views, including Jamaican migrant worker -- also part-owner, Jimmy Steere, numbers 2-5, 7
Restaurants, cemetery, Woonsocket, Rhode Island - Folklife project col...
Index data: 1-9, Ye Olde English Fish and Chips Restaurant at Market Square in Woonsocket; 10-13, Gabe's Fish and Chips on Rathbun Street in Woonsocket; 14-25, The grave of Marie Rose Ferron, "Little Rose" in P... More
Pow Wow, Lafayette, Rhode Island - Folklife project collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of Native Americans, Indians of North America, indigenous tribes, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Performance of the play Revelation by the Newport Black Ensemble Theat...
Public domain photograph of theatrical or movie production, scene, actors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church, men at bar, Woonsocket
Index data: 1-14, Men at the bar at Reception Hall; 8, Dimitri Yasinczuk, Tom Burns, and Michael Michaluk; 13, George Hreczuck
Isaac Hull, gunsmithing, and shotgun repair, Scituate, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-4, Isaac Hull in his gunsmith shop; 5-7, Table where shot gun is being repaired; 8-10, Basic disassembly of shot gun; 11-12, Lubricant applied; 13-19, Ring and spring of the recoil mechanism remov... More
Hoey family, Bonnet Shores, Narragansett, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-15, Arthur and Pat Hoey looking at survey map of Bonnet Shores properties with fieldworker Tom Burns; 14-15, Martha Hoey, daughter of Arthur and Pat
Bud Rondeau, rock painting, Providence, Rhode Island
Index data: 2-36, Bud painting a rock in his workshop
Alfred Potter, quahaug (quahog) boat building, Wickford, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-4, Planing and cutting bottom boards; 5-11, Drilling, nailing, marking, caulking, and countersinking in attaching bottom boards; 12-20, Placing cotton caulking between bottom boards
Peter Pot's Pottery, West Kingston, Rhode Island
Index data: 2-9, Filling the casts, Jeff Berube assistant caster; 10-13, Filled plate molds; 14-15, Molds prior to filling; 16-19, Filling the molds; 20-21, Checking for the thickness of the clay set in the mol... More
Romeo Berthiaume and Georgette Berthiaume home, pool, and yard, Woonso...
Index data: 1-3, Romeo and Georgette Berthiaume next to pool made by Romeo; 4-11, Exterior of home; 12-18, Backyard, including pool; 19-20, House next door