Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island
Index data: 1, Pile of finished boards; 2-13, Donald sharpening the saw blade; 14-22, Bernard and Bernard Jr. working on the clutch of one of the logging vehicles; 23-36, Bernard unloading logs from the hauling... More
Quahogging with David Ward, Wickford, Rhode Island
Index data: 2a-5a, Pausing, working the rake, letting the anchor rope out; 6a-9a, Quahaugger at work nearby; 10a, David Ward takes time out for a drink; 11a-20a, Quahaugger working nearby; 21a-23a, Lifting the ... More
Peter Pot's Pottery, West Kingston, Rhode Island
Index data: 1a, Trimmed plates in the casts; 2a-4a, The kiln; 5a-7a, Trimmed molds and trimming; 8a, Dried pots on shelves; 9a-36a, Shots of process of Jeff and Janet trimming and putting handles on cups and pitchers
Garden, house building, grave markers, Rhode Island
Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island
Index data: 0a-2a, Views of the saw mill yard; 3a-15a, The saw mill itself; 16a-24a, The saw blade; 25a-26a, The log loader; 27a-30a, Finished oak planks; 31a-34a, The saw blade; 35a, Pile of finished boards
Rhode Island Ceilidhe Club, 50 America St., Cranston, Rhode Island
Index data: 2-4, Greencastle Band, Peter Cobridge, piano; 5-10, Greencastle Band, James Remington, bodhran; 11-17, Michael and other interested parties listening in at the audio recording area; 18-19, John Lyon... More
Romeo and Georgette Berthiaume, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Index data: 2-3, Portrait outside home; 4-13, Romeo and Georgette with pool he built in back yard; 14-17, Portraits of Romeo; 18-21, Georgette with pea soup, pork pie lunch; 22-36, Eating lunch
Woonasquatucket Reservoir, Smithfield, Rhode Island; Burrillville Arts...
Index data: 1-6, Woonsaquatucket Reservoir, northwest of Providence on State roads 104 and 5 in Smithfield Township; 5-6, Dam from which several people were fishing (they had vanished by the time I stopped and ... More
Romeo Berthiaume and Georgette Berthiaume, house and yard, Woonsocket,...
Index data: 2-10, Berthiaume house and yard exterior; 9-10, Homemade swimming pool; 11-12, Michael Archetto, supervisor of Fort Getty campgrounds; 13-16, General view Fort Getty; 17-32, Views of Jamestown cente... More
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
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
Lance Ricci, jewelry making (belt buckle), Wickford Jewelry Shop, Wick...
Index data: 1a-27a, Lance polishing the finished silver casting of the belt buckle; 28a-34a, Lance cutting rubber sheets into appropriate size for making a mold; 35a-37a, The belt buckle placed on the rubber in... More
Kenyon Cornmeal Company, Usquepaug, Rhode Island
Index data: 1a-11a, Drums in the packaging room with different mixes; 12a-15a, Packaging area with boxes of one-pound bags; 16a-20a, Kenyon literature; 21a-23a, Mixing area; 24a-29a, Labels for packaging; 30a-3... More
St. Michael's Ukrainian church, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Index data: 4-36, General views of congregation and altar Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
National Black Ensemble Theatre (NBET) players, ending celebration eve...
Index data: 3-37, General shots of celebration preparation and crowd
Shingle motifs, Block Island, Rhode Island; Fred Benson's office, Phoe...
Index data: 2-7, Overexposed efforts to show motifs in the shingling on Neptune House, Connecticut Ave., Block Island; 8-10, Overexposed Neptune House; 11-15, Fred Benson in his office, walls covered with perso... More
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
Aquidneck Lobster Company, Newport, Rhode Island
Index data: 3-36, General views, interior and exterior of warehouse
Unidentified people, eating a meal, house interiors, Rhode Island
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Pow Wow, Lafayette, Rhode Island; Catching crabs, Jamestown, Rhode Isl...
Index data: 1-6, Dancers; 7-8, Spectators; 9-11, Indian Federation Building and Pow Wow Grounds; 11-17, Dancers joined by members of audience; 19-24, Dance for children; 26-30, Closing dance for Indians; 31-32,... More
Pow Wow, Lafayette, Rhode Island; Catching crabs, Jamestown, Rhode Isl...
Index data: 1-6, Dancers; 7-8, Spectators; 9-11, Indian Federation Building and Pow Wow Grounds; 11-17, Dancers joined by members of audience; 19-24, Dance for children; 26-30, Closing dance for Indians; 31-32,... 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
Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-15, 19-33, Bernard handling materials at the finished inside of the mill - handing "scab" to customer after firewood, putting finished boards in the right piles, setting planks to be squared up on... More
C.E.T.A. exhibition, National Black Ensemble Theatre (NBET), Providenc...
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Monique Belisle's home; Scenes around Slatersville, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-8, Monique Belisle's home in Slatersville; 9-20, Factory near Slatersville; 21-36, Slatersville Congregational Church
Churches in Woonsocket, Rhode Island - Folklife project collection
Index data: 1-19, Precious Blood Church on Hamlet Avenue in Woonsocket; 20-36, St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Harris Avenue in Woonsocket
Romeo and Georgette Berthiaume, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Index data: 2-3, Portrait outside home; 4-13, Romeo and Georgette with pool he built in back yard; 14-17, Portraits of Romeo; 18-21, Georgette with pea soup, pork pie lunch; 22-36, Eating lunch
Wilcox brothers, stone wall building, Hampton, Connecticut
Index data: 1a-4a, Fred mixes cement for step foundation; 5a-9a, Dry wall layered rock for overlapping technique shown in fencing; 10a, Fred with one of the step cap-stones; 11a, Lloyd at work digging step foun... More
Precious Blood Cemetery, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-36, Precious Blood Cemetery at the corner of Rathbun Street and Diamond Hill Road in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island
Index data: 1, Pile of finished boards; 2-13, Donald sharpening the saw blade; 14-22, Bernard and Bernard Jr. working on the clutch of one of the logging vehicles; 23-36, Bernard unloading logs from the hauling... More
Italian district, weekday morning activity (8:00 AM), Federal Hill, Pr...
Index data: 1-3, The Candy Store, 200 block of Atwells Ave.; 4-9, Renovation of plaza between Atwells Ave. and Spruce St., showing fountain and construction in progress; 10, Plaque on plaza in memory of Sebasti... More
Romeo Berthiaume Georgette Berthiaume, Woonsocket Rhode Island
Index data: 1-36, Portraits inside house; 1-23, During preparation of traditional French Lunch; 24, Romeo with fieldworker Gerri Johnson; 25-26, Romeo being taped
Peter Pot's Pottery, West Kingston, Rhode Island; Wickford Jewelry Sho...
Index data: 1a-5a, Janet Pinsonneault stacking the kiln; 6a, Oliver Watson Green III beside mill pond the rear of his home faces; 7a-9a, Mill pond at the rear of Oliver Green's home; 10a-13a, Fire, water, earth... More
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
C.E.T.A. exhibition at Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Isla...
Index data: 1-36, Miscellaneous C.E.T.A. exhibits, including: 12-14, New England Patriots (professional football team) cheerleaders; 36-37, Cosmetology training
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
Sand sculptures, Matunuck Beach, South Kingstown, Rhode Island; Baseba...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a sports competition, tennis court, tennis player, athlete, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Al Armstrong and Lynn Armstrong, portraits and house, Bonnet Shores, N...
Index data: 1-21, General interior shots; 22-25, Interior portraits of Al and Lynn; 26-36, Exterior shots of Al, Lynn, and family
Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House, 54 Washington Street, Newport, Newport Co...
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Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House, 54 Washington Street, Newport, Newport Co...
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Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House, 54 Washington Street, Newport, Newport Co...
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Promenade Street Bridge, Spanning Woonasquatucket & Moshassuck Rivers,...
Significance: The bridge is historically significant as part of the station and East Side Tunnel viaduct which contributed to the regional rail transportation network. Unique construction techniques make the s... More
Albion Trench Bridge, School Street spanning Albion Mill Race, Cumberl...
Survey number: HAER RI-22 Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Block Island Southeast Light, Spring Street & Mohegan Trail at Mohegan...
Significance: The Block Island Southeast Lighthouse is significant as a primary aid to the navigation of an otherwise dangerous area, once referred to as the "stumbling block" of the New England coast. It mark... More
Block Island Southeast Light, Spring Street & Mohegan Trail at Mohegan...
Significance: The Block Island Southeast Lighthouse is significant as a primary aid to the navigation of an otherwise dangerous area, once referred to as the "stumbling block" of the New England coast. It mark... More
Block Island Southeast Light, Spring Street & Mohegan Trail at Mohegan...
Significance: The Block Island Southeast Lighthouse is significant as a primary aid to the navigation of an otherwise dangerous area, once referred to as the "stumbling block" of the New England coast. It mark... More
Block Island Southeast Light, Spring Street & Mohegan Trail at Mohegan...
Significance: The Block Island Southeast Lighthouse is significant as a primary aid to the navigation of an otherwise dangerous area, once referred to as the "stumbling block" of the New England coast. It mark... More
Captain John Warren House, 62 Washington Street, Newport, Newport Coun...
Significance: This 5-bay dwelling was expanded toward the garden sometime before 1775 and the central doorway was remodeled around 1800 to include a fanlight, pediment and flanking pilasters. On the north side ... More
Second Congregational Church, 13-17 Clarke Street, Newport, Newport Co...
Significance: The building was completed September 15, 1735. It served as barracks for British troops 1776-1779 during their occupation and as a hospital for the French while they were in Newport. The buildin... More
Captain Joseph Tillinghast House, 403 South Main Street, Providence, P...
Significance: This house, built about 1767, is the only well-preserved survival of the pre-Revolutionary period on the lower part of South Main Street in Providence. Unprocessed Field note material exists for ... More
Captain Joseph Tillinghast House, 403 South Main Street, Providence, P...
Significance: This house, built about 1767, is the only well-preserved survival of the pre-Revolutionary period on the lower part of South Main Street in Providence. Unprocessed Field note material exists for ... More
Captain Joseph Tillinghast House, 403 South Main Street, Providence, P...
Significance: This house, built about 1767, is the only well-preserved survival of the pre-Revolutionary period on the lower part of South Main Street in Providence. Unprocessed Field note material exists for ... More
Thames Street Area Survey, Thames Street, between Washington Square & ...
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Thames Street Area Survey, Thames Street, between Washington Square & ...
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Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Prov...
Photograph #19 was not digitized along with the rest of the first photo set (#1-19) because it is a duplicate of one of the measured drawings. See sheet 11 instead. Significance: This house, now restored and o... More
Thomas Clemence House, 38 George Waterman Road, North Providence, Prov...
Photograph #19 was not digitized along with the rest of the first photo set (#1-19) because it is a duplicate of one of the measured drawings. See sheet 11 instead. Significance: This house, now restored and o... More
John Dockray House, Dockray Street, Wakefield, Washington County, RI
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Edward Searle House, 107 Wilbur Avenue, Oaklawn, Providence County, RI
Significance: The original part of the house was constructed in the fourth quarter of the seventeenth century but the two-story, five-bay main block with a central chimney plan and gable roof was not built unti... More
[Newport Beach, R.I.] - Print, Library of Congress collection
G1202 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Gleason, F.
Captain Parker Borden House, 736 Hope Street, Bristol, Bristol County,...
Significance: The five-bay dwelling constructed for Parker Borden exhibits some of the most refined woodwork of the late eighteenth century, particularly the mantels and delicately carved detail on the staircas... More
Thomas P. Ives House, 66 Power Street, Providence, Providence County, ...
Significance: Built in 1803-1805, this is one of the largest and most elegant houses of the period in Providence, and the home of a prominent Providence family. Survey number: HABS RI-235 Building/structure d... More
Providence Forge, Old Forge Pond, Providence Forge, New Kent County, V...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14, FN-101 Survey number: HABS VA-110 Building/structure dates: 17q2 Initial Construction
Providence Forge, Old Forge Pond, Providence Forge, New Kent County, V...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14, FN-101 Survey number: HABS VA-110 Building/structure dates: 17q2 Initial Construction
Providence Forge, Old Forge Pond, Providence Forge, New Kent County, V...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14, FN-101 Survey number: HABS VA-110 Building/structure dates: 17q2 Initial Construction
Providence Forge, Old Forge Pond, Providence Forge, New Kent County, V...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14, FN-101 Survey number: HABS VA-110 Building/structure dates: 17q2 Initial Construction
Kent County Courthouse, Main Street (Post Road), East Greenwich, Kent ...
Significance: This courthouse replaced the earlier (1770-71) building in 1805; the interiors were altered in the 1860s and restored in 1909. The wood frame building was embellished by an entrance porch in the D... More
East Greenwich, Roughly bounded by Division, Water, London, & Peirce S...
Significance: The town center of East Greenwich is significant as a concentrated, well-preserved collection of resources associated with the development of the Town of East Greenwich from its founding in the mi... More
Providence Sewage Treatment System, Reservoir Avenue Pumping Station, ...
Significance: The Reservoir Avenue Pumping Station was built in 1931 to convey sewage from a low-lying and increasingly populated area of Providence up to a gravity line and thence to the main pumping station a... More
Providence Sewage Treatment System, Reservoir Avenue Pumping Station, ...
Significance: The Reservoir Avenue Pumping Station was built in 1931 to convey sewage from a low-lying and increasingly populated area of Providence up to a gravity line and thence to the main pumping station a... More
Absecon Lighthouse, Pacific Avenue, between Rhode Island & Vermont Ave...
Significance: The lighthouse was constructed by the United States government after a number of tragic shipwrecks in the vicinity of Absecon Beach were attributed to lack of navigational signals. The beam is hig... More
Joseph Fry Farm Landscape, 2153 South County Trail Road (U.S. Route 2)...
Significance: Fry's Hamlet Historic District is an important collection of three farmsteads, the Joseph Fry Farm, the Spencer-Fry Farm, and the Spencer-Bailey Farm. The buildings and lands which comprise the J... More
Joseph Fry Farm Landscape, 2153 South County Trail Road (U.S. Route 2)...
Significance: Fry's Hamlet Historic District is an important collection of three farmsteads, the Joseph Fry Farm, the Spencer-Fry Farm, and the Spencer-Bailey Farm. The buildings and lands which comprise the J... More
College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seek...
Significance: College Hill is significant at the national level as a well preserved collection of historic residential, commercial, educational, and religious buildings dating from the early eighteenth century ... More
College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seek...
Significance: College Hill is significant at the national level as a well preserved collection of historic residential, commercial, educational, and religious buildings dating from the early eighteenth century ... More
College Hill, Bounded roughly by Olney, Hope, Governor Streets, & Seek...
Significance: College Hill is significant at the national level as a well preserved collection of historic residential, commercial, educational, and religious buildings dating from the early eighteenth century ... More
Providence Sewage Treatment System, Ernest Street Pumping Station, Boi...
Significance: As the power source for three steam engines which in turn powered sewage pumps, this structure was one of three integral elements in the Ernest Street sewage pumping station built in 1895-6 to con... More
Providence Sewage Treatment System, Ernest Street Pumping Station, Boi...
Significance: As the power source for three steam engines which in turn powered sewage pumps, this structure was one of three integral elements in the Ernest Street sewage pumping station built in 1895-6 to con... More
Old Buonanno Garage, Crockett Street, Providence, Providence County, R...
Significance: Built in the late nineteenth century for use as a stable, the garage was demolished in 1971. It was three stories in height, with arched windows and a corbelled cornice. The floors and stalls insi... More
Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...
Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More
Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...
Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More
Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...
Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More
Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, 85 Touro Street, Newport...
Significance: Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and gall... More
City Hall, Exchange Place, Kennedy Plaza, Providence, Providence Count...
Significance: This large masonry building, built in the heart of Providence in an academic, Renaissance Revival style, has housed the Providence City government since its dedication in 1878. Unprocessed Field ... More
Officers of 1st Rhode Island Volunteers, Camp Sprague, 1861
Ambrose Everett Burnside with eight officers posed in front of building, with sign reading "Col. Burnside welcome home." No. 4100. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Exhibit loan 4116-L.
Clinton Mill, 93 Clinton Street, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI
Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Clinton Mill is typical of the large stone cotton textile mills of Rhode I... More
Clinton Mill, 93 Clinton Street, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI
Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Clinton Mill is typical of the large stone cotton textile mills of Rhode I... More
Clinton Mill, 93 Clinton Street, Woonsocket, Providence County, RI
Part of New England Textile Mill Survey, 1967-68, sponsored by HABS, Smithsonian, and Merrimack Valley Textile Museum Significance: The Clinton Mill is typical of the large stone cotton textile mills of Rhode I... More
Richard Brown House, 587 Rochambeau Avenue, Providence, Providence Cou...
Significance: Earliest known brick house in Providence. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS RI-31 Building/structure dates: 1733 Initial Construction
Providence, 740 Little Kidwell Avenue, Centreville, Queen Anne's Count...
Survey number: HABS MD-1411 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Exchange Bridge, Spanning Providence River, Providence, Providence Cou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Exchange Bridge, Spanning Providence River, Providence, Providence Cou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Joanna Barnes House, 49 Benefit Street, Providence, Providence County,...
Significance: This is a medium large frame house, built in 1826, typical of Providence in this period, but with some unusual details. Survey number: HABS RI-144 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction
Joseph Smith House, 109 Cushing Street, North Providence, Providence C...
Significance: The earliest house on the site was built before 1675. It was a stone-ender, one and one-half stories in height. Destroyed during King Philip's War, Joseph Smith used the old foundation and chimney... More
Joseph Smith House, 109 Cushing Street, North Providence, Providence C...
Significance: The earliest house on the site was built before 1675. It was a stone-ender, one and one-half stories in height. Destroyed during King Philip's War, Joseph Smith used the old foundation and chimney... More
Joseph Smith House, 109 Cushing Street, North Providence, Providence C...
Significance: The earliest house on the site was built before 1675. It was a stone-ender, one and one-half stories in height. Destroyed during King Philip's War, Joseph Smith used the old foundation and chimney... More
Presbyterian Church, Springfield Avenue & Passaic Street, New Providen...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-172 Survey number: HABS NJ-297 Building/structure dates: 1834 Initial Construction
Presbyterian Church, Springfield Avenue & Passaic Street, New Providen...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-172 Survey number: HABS NJ-297 Building/structure dates: 1834 Initial Construction
Manchester Street Generating Station, Manchester Street Station, 460 E...
Significance: The Manchester Street Station building is significant both for its architecture and its historical function. An important local example of industrial architecture which embodies industrial design... More
Market House, Market Square, Providence, Providence County, RI
Survey number: HABS RI-74 Building/structure dates: 1774 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1939-1940 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72000001
Logan Circle, Vermont Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue, & Thirteenth Street...
Significance: Included as open space on both the L'Enfant and Ellicott plans, this intersection comprised of a large circular reservation flanked by four smaller ones, has features landscaped park land since it... More