James Waring Roberts photograph album

Item — Box: Multi-Collection Box

Identifier: 083-03

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one photograph album of black and white snapshots of summer recreation destinations in Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey. Locations in Rhode Island include Providence, Pawtuxet Village, Bristol, Rocky Point, Newport, Narragansett, and Block Island. Other photographs depict southern Massachusetts, New York City, Luna Park, Coney Island, Asbury Park, and New London. Images showcase amusement parks, beaches, steamships and other tourism destinations.

Dates

1905

Creator

Roberts, James Waring, 1870-1955 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

PPL does not claim copyright to this collection. Users of this item are responsible for determining copyright restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

James Waring Roberts (1870-1955) was born in New York to James Hildreth and Julia Roberts. He married Mary E. Scanlon of Providence, Rhode Island in 1908. He worked as the manager of confectioner J. Fred Gibson Company in Providence, Rhode Island from the 1910s-1927 before moving to Toledo, Ohio where they lived with their daughters until his death.