Four photographs adhered to a page Old Home Week, Providence, RI i. Horse-drawn fire equipment in parade passing in front of E. McGrath & Co, Aborn & Westminster Streets, Providence, RI (VM013_WC0976) ii. Fire equipment in parade of fire companies, Providence, RI (VM013_WC0981) iii. Parade of uniformed men marching in front of Union Station, Providence, RI ( VM013_WC0656) iv. Fire engine bearing sign “Combination Ladder Co”, Providence, RI (VM013_WC0975), 1907

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Collection includes a variety of photographs, 1880s-1920s, of Providence and other locations around Rhode Island including Newport Harbor, Block Island and Rock Hill. Images from album pages are primarily of Old Home Week in Providence, July 28-August 3, 1907, and other landscapes around Rhode Island. The loose images include group and individual portraits, domestic buildings, a schoolhouse, log cabin, storefront and the Providence fire department. Several photographs included images of Ida Arnold (1896-1982) as a child.