postcards
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Cards on which a message may be written or printed for mailing without an envelope, usually at a lower rate than that for letters in envelopes.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Pawtuxet R.I. postcards
Collection — Box Pawtuxet R.I. postcards
Identifier: 2014-37.54
Scope and Contents
The collection includes color and black and white postcards of vintages scenes of Pawtuxet R.I. Images include Pawtuxet Cove and boats, Rhodes on the Pawtuxet including dance hall and boat house, and street scenes.
Dates:
1903-1913
Found in:
Rhode Island State Archives
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Pawtuxet R.I. postcards
Preston Collection reports and publications, 1850-1929
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: C#00841; C#00842; C#00843; C#00844; C#00845;C#00846; C#00847; C#00848; C#00849; C#00850; C#00851; C#00852; C#00853; C#00854; C#00855
Abstract
Photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings, pamphlets all related to the history of RI. Photographs include cabinet
cards. Most photographs are portraits or group portraits. Includes a collection of newspaper articles written by or about James N. Arnold. Most of the articles deal with historical or genealogical topics related to RI. Also contains postcards of various Massachusetts sites and publications concerning historical events and sites throughout Massachusetts.
Dates:
1850-1929
Settling of Rhode Island (Commemorative) U.S. postal card
Item — Volume Settling of Rhode Island (Commemorative) U.S. postal card, 1986
Identifier: C#00595
Abstract
Function: To commemorate the three hundredth anniversary of the settling of RI. Contents: Commemorative Post Cards from U.S. Postal Service. One has been
postmarked on the first day of issue.
Dates:
June 26, 1986
State House postcards and commemorative plate
Collection — Box State House commemorative plate, c. 1940
Identifier: 2003-64
Abstract
Consists of 9 postcards and 1 commermorative plate all depicting the Rhode Island State House.
Dates:
1905-1989
Various postcards of Providence and Pawtucket, R.I.
Series — Volume 22 Postcards of Providence and Pawtucket c 1918-1919 (2014-08)
Identifier: 2014-08
Scope and Contents
Records consist of four postcards depicting the Union Depot in Providence, R.I. (Berger Brothers, Publishers); State Capitol, Providence, R.I. (Morris Berman, Publisher); City Hall and Soldiers’ Monument, Providence, R.I. (Morris Berman, Publisher); and a postcard reading “I arrived safely in Pawtucket Rhode Island Some town” (Unknown publisher).
Dates:
c. 1918-1919
