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Street Sights newspaper collection

Collection — Container: Backlog, stack

Identifier: 143-01

Scope and Contents

This collection includes issues of the Street Signs newspaper from December 2007-September 2017, annual calendar publications from 2009-2014 and miscellaneous ephemera that was included as tip-ins with the newspaper issues.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2007-12 - 2017-09

Found in: Providence Public Library

Sullivan House photograph album

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 053-03

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one photograph album of the James E. & Alice B. Sullivan House built in 1893 by William R. Walker & Son at 254 Wayland Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island. Includes three exterior and 12 interior photographs of home, 1895-1897.

Dates: 1895 - 1897

Found in: Providence Public Library

Raymond Loring Swain photograph collection

Collection — Box: Multi-Collection Box RI-11

Identifier: 078-03

Scope and Contents

The collection includes 29 black and white print photographs of various locations in and around Providence, Rhode Island as well as miscellaneous fine art photographs.

Dates: 1939

Found in: Providence Public Library

Tattoo Ephemera Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 064-04-01

Scope and Contents The Tattoo Ephemera Collection contains printed materials, including advertisements, promotional fliers, various instructions, and a variety of catalogs, among other items and memorabilia. Items are predominantly from North America, specifically the United States, though there is also material from England as well as from the historic Fujiya Hotel just outside of Tokyo, Japan, which features an advertisement for the famed tattoo artist Hori Chiyo, retained at the time by the resort. Also of...

Dates: 1881-1943

Found in: Providence Public Library

Collection of Tattoo Flash and Artwork

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 064-04-03

Scope and Contents

The Tattoo Flash and Artwork Collection contains sheets of tattoo flash as well as artwork created for the purposes of display within tattoo studios in order to give customers ideas for potential tattoos as well as to demonstrate the artistic style and talents of the tattoo artist.

Dates: Late 19th to 20th century

Found in: Providence Public Library

Tattoo Photograph Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 064-03-01

Scope and Contents The Tattoo Photograph Collection contains postcards, cabinet cards, and other photographic forms from the late 19th century through early 20th century, featuring images of tattooed performers, tattoo artists, and other tattooed individuals. Most of the images are in the form of unfranked postcards, though a few of the postcards were circulated and include routine correspondence unrelated to the image. In addition to postcards and photographs, there are also a small number of cabinet...

Dates: 1889 - 1935

Found in: Providence Public Library

Collection of Tattoo Trade Cards and Business Cards

Collection

Identifier: 064-04-02

Scope and Contents

The Providence Public Library’s Collection of Tattoo Trade Cards amd Business Cards includes business cards from tattoo artists, tattoo shops, and suppliers primarily located in the United States, though there are also a small number of international tattooists represented as well. Two separate and distinct time periods are portrayed: items from the early to mid 20th century (c.1906-c.1960) and items from the late 20th to early 21st century (c.1980-c.2019).

Dates: 1906 - 2019

Found in: Providence Public Library

Texaco Oil Co, Providence terminal photograph album

Item — Box: Multi-Collection Box RI-11

Identifier: 162-03

Scope and Contents

This photograph album includes black and white prints documenting the Texaco Oil terminal in Providence, Rhode Island. The bulk of the images show the impact of the Hurricane of 1938 over the duration of the storm as well as the damage afterwards. Also included are images of the buildings and facility including construction of oil storage tanks.

Dates: 1938 - 1940

Found in: Providence Public Library

Textile Industry Labels & Ephemera

Item — Box: Multi-collection box

Identifier: 001-04-03

Scope and Contents

The labels here predominantly represent textile manufacturers in the United States, England, France, India, and Japan, as well as a small number of labels from Ireland, Malawi, South Africa, Nigeria, and Vietnam, and a few miscellaneous labels and ephemera.

Dates: 1850-1930

Found in: Providence Public Library

Ship’s Papers of the Thomas Hunt (Schooner) of Stonington

File — Drawer: FF-10: 11, Folder: 6

Identifier: 003-02-17

Scope and Contents

The collection includes the records of ten voyages of the Thomas Hunt between 1872 and 1884, including receipts and bills of sale, shareholders’ agreements, insurance certificates, crew lists and crew agreements, supplies and slops accounts, shipping papers, governmental documents such as foreign manifests and customs documents, and correspondence with ship’s agent Joseph N. Hancox.

Dates: 1872 - 1884

Found in: Providence Public Library

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Street Sights newspaper collection

Sullivan House photograph album

Raymond Loring Swain photograph collection

Tattoo Ephemera Collection

Collection of Tattoo Flash and Artwork

Tattoo Photograph Collection

Collection of Tattoo Trade Cards and Business Cards

Texaco Oil Co, Providence terminal photograph album

Textile Industry Labels & Ephemera

Ship’s Papers of the Thomas Hunt (Schooner) of Stonington

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