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Photoprints of silver service set given by the citizens of RI to the Battleship RI. Also included is a list of subscribers.

Scope and Contents This collection is composed of silver gelatin dry plate 5x7 and 4x5 glass negatives and cellulose acetate (safety film) negatives that were found in a basement of a house in Hopedale MA. Images include portraits, family portraits, exterior and interior views of a family, landscape and farm views, Cobble Rock in Woonsocket, Horseshoe Falls (Harris Pond), Hoag Lake in Bellingham MA (a popular recreational destination for northern Rhode Islanders), views of an unidentified mill and environs,...

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The Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals cemetery project records consist of copies of correspondence, reports and photographs compiled and/or created by Chester A. Browning, Information Specialist of the Public Information Division.

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Records consist of three 8x10 black and white images of Department of Health Directors. Includes: Charles V. Chapin (Charles Value Chapin 1856-1941) Edwin M. Snow (1820-1888) Joseph E. Cannon (1911-1989)

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These records consist of photographic documentation of bridge construction projects.

Scope and Contents These records consist of RIDOT Cultural Resources records and includes color photographic negatives of Rhode Island bridges and microfilm of Rhode Island bridge plans. 35mm color negatives of statewide bridge projects throughout the state. Includes Washington Bridge (#200), Sakonnet Bridge (#250) and Jamestown Bridge (#400). Also includes microfiche of bridge plans. See below:Bridge plans for bridges # 1-72 (See Box 1 in Box 7) - no plans for bridges 37-39....

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The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation Division of Tourism photographs consist primarily of 8x10 black and white (silver gelatin) photographs and 8x10 corresponding negatives (safety film) from ca. 1950-1980.

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Report and photographs of the “Heritage’76 - Meeting House” Rhode Island Proposal

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The James Allen King family archive consists primarily of photographs, correspondence, clippings and pencil renderings related to King’s artistic works.

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This series contains photographs of the Speaker of the Rhode Island General Assembly, House of Representatives, Harry F. Curvin. Images include other Rhode Island elected official and notables from the period 1951-1963.

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One 6.5” X 4.25” inch sepia tone photograph depicting Joseph P. Burlingame who was Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives from 1903-1906.

Scope and Contents The King and Nichols family photographs consist of forty-seven (47) photographs of the King and Nichols families of East Greenwich and Warwick. Includes mounted prints, one tintype and other photoprints of various sizes. 1. Southeast view of East Greenwich [Harbor] 2. Kingdom Come on the beach at Chippewanoxet [Chepiwanoxet] c. 1903 3. [1st RI U.S. Volunteer Infantry at Camp Fornance SC February 1899 after reported blizzard - Spanish American War] 4-5. [Picnic...

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These records consist of black-and-white 4" x 5" negatives of the Mount Hope Bridge (RIDOT Bridge #300) which connects the Rhode Island towns of Portsmouth and Bristol and is part of Route 114. The photographs primarily document the building of the bridge from 1928-1930.

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The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Office of Water Resources records primarily include lantern slides and records of the division head Walter J. Shea.

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Black and white photographs documenting disease and living conditions in Providence during the early 1900's as well as activities of the City of Providence Health Department. The collection also includes annual reports, and examples of actual signs used to warn of the existence of scarlet fever or diphtheria.

Abstract A collection of documents spanning nearly 200 years concerned with the boundary between RI and MA. These documents were brought together into bound volumes (C#00439) arranged chronologically by the date of the documents. Type of documents vary greatly. Included are: orders of the King in Council, acts of the General Assemblies of RI and MA, documents from court cases concerning the boundary, Supreme Court Decisions, measurements taken along the boundary, expense accounts of surveyors,...

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These records consist of team & player photgraphs dating primarily from the 1950's to the 1970's, legislative proclamations pertaining & sixteen (16) oversize scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings documenting the Providence/Rhode Islands Reds hockey team seasons 1968 - 1977.

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The Rhode Island School for the Deaf records and photographs contain minutes of the Board of Trustees, annual reports, photographs that were used in the annual reports, admissions, rosters, teachers’ registers and student registrations.

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The Robert W. Johnson World War I photographs consist of images showing training at the Cranston Street Armory (Dexter Training Grounds) in Providence. All photographs are 2.75x4.50. One photograph of Ft. Greble (1917); photographs of Preparedness Parade (1917); and Welcome Home (Victory) parade (May 1919) in Exchange Place in Providence (shows City Hall and Arch erected for the occasion).

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of 209 4x5 black and white glass and celluloid images of sites and scenes in Rhode Island including images of mill buildings and environs and other historical sites. Includes one 5x7 glass image of a Map of the Parker Reservation in Coventry (presently an Audubon Society of Rhode Island refuge) dated April 1930. Also includes 68 color picture postcards of scenic attractions around Rhode Island, 4 black and white photographs and 2 trade cards of Providence...