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Hope. Volunteer Fire Company c. 1845

Item — Drawer: FF-5: 7, Folder: 20

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is comprised of negatives, glossy photographic prints, and oversized photographic prints of mills and mill villages within Rhode Island. All of the photographs were taken by Joseph McCarthy as a Federal Works Agency project, a part of the WPA, in 1940 and given to the Providence Public Library as part of the Nickerson Architectural Collection that same year. A written reference work listing the prints and including an essay of the various architectural styles seen in the...

Dates: 1940

Found in: Providence Public Library / 002-03-03, Rhode Island Mills and Mill Villages Photograph Collection / Mills and mill village buildings that reflect the Greek Revival style of architecture.

Hope. Store c. 1845

Item — Drawer: FF-5: 7, Folder: 20

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is comprised of negatives, glossy photographic prints, and oversized photographic prints of mills and mill villages within Rhode Island. All of the photographs were taken by Joseph McCarthy as a Federal Works Agency project, a part of the WPA, in 1940 and given to the Providence Public Library as part of the Nickerson Architectural Collection that same year. A written reference work listing the prints and including an essay of the various architectural styles seen in the...

Dates: 1940

Found in: Providence Public Library / 002-03-03, Rhode Island Mills and Mill Villages Photograph Collection / Mills and mill village buildings that reflect the Greek Revival style of architecture.

Rockville. Mill House 1849

Item — Drawer: FF-5: 7, Folder: 18

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is comprised of negatives, glossy photographic prints, and oversized photographic prints of mills and mill villages within Rhode Island. All of the photographs were taken by Joseph McCarthy as a Federal Works Agency project, a part of the WPA, in 1940 and given to the Providence Public Library as part of the Nickerson Architectural Collection that same year. A written reference work listing the prints and including an essay of the various architectural styles seen in the...

Dates: 1940

Found in: Providence Public Library / 002-03-03, Rhode Island Mills and Mill Villages Photograph Collection / Mills and mill village buildings that reflect the Greek Revival style of architecture.

Rockville. Mill House Detail 1849

Item — Drawer: FF-5: 7, Folder: 18

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is comprised of negatives, glossy photographic prints, and oversized photographic prints of mills and mill villages within Rhode Island. All of the photographs were taken by Joseph McCarthy as a Federal Works Agency project, a part of the WPA, in 1940 and given to the Providence Public Library as part of the Nickerson Architectural Collection that same year. A written reference work listing the prints and including an essay of the various architectural styles seen in the...

Dates: 1940

Found in: Providence Public Library / 002-03-03, Rhode Island Mills and Mill Villages Photograph Collection / Mills and mill village buildings that reflect the Greek Revival style of architecture.

Newport. Mill Houses 1835-37

Item — Drawer: FF-5: 7, Folder: 18

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is comprised of negatives, glossy photographic prints, and oversized photographic prints of mills and mill villages within Rhode Island. All of the photographs were taken by Joseph McCarthy as a Federal Works Agency project, a part of the WPA, in 1940 and given to the Providence Public Library as part of the Nickerson Architectural Collection that same year. A written reference work listing the prints and including an essay of the various architectural styles seen in the...

Dates: 1940

Found in: Providence Public Library / 002-03-03, Rhode Island Mills and Mill Villages Photograph Collection / Mills and mill village buildings that reflect the Greek Revival style of architecture.