black-and-white photographs

Scope and Contents This collection is composed of photographs, media, and printed materials related to the Fox Point neighborhood of Providence, RI, with a focus on the diverse people and communities of the area. Represented throughout the collection are materials related to Fox Point’s Cape Verdean, Azorean, and Portuguese communities. Materials on Cape Verdean families can be found within the Photos by Surname subseries (1.1) as well as within the Cape Verdean Community series (3), which also includes...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of 4 boxes containing 182 photographs, and 4 cardboard prints created by D.M. Dalton in 1978. The photographs in the collection showcase historic Providence buildings built between the late 1700s and 1920s. Many different architecture styles are represented including buildings designed by Rhode Island architects Frederick E. Field and William R. Walker and Son. The black-and-white photographs of buildings include close-ups of exterior and interior architectural...

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The collection consists of 53 black and white aerial photographs of Rhode Island, primarily focusing on Providence. All photographs are mounted unless noted at item level.

Scope and Contents The Harold Mason Photograph Collection contains photographs and photographic postcards of domestic architecture and architectural elements of structures, specifically doorways, throughout Rhode Island. The bulk of the images are of building exteriors although some interior shots are included. Photographs are both mounted and on photographic postcards. Included in the collection is what is presumed to be the complete set of Providence doorways sold by Harold Mason. The remainder...

Scope and Contents The album contains photographs documenting the Rhode Island Hospital buildings and grounds as well as medical staff and patients near the turn of the 20th century. According to the captions, images include Dr. Woodward in an ambulance, children with diptheria, an operating room, an amputation by Dr. Levin as well as a number of images of doctors and nurses. Also included are images of buildings including the main building, the nurse's home, the out-patient building, a 'contagious' ward and...

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The Frank Sayles Photography Collection contains primarily color photographs of buildings in and around Providence, Rhode Island. There are also photographs of monuments, statues, close-ups of architectural detail, and several bridges in the area.

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This collection contains 21 photographic prints made from glass plate negatives by photographer Wilfred E. Stone. These images document life in early 20th century Rhode Island, particularly 1920-1921. Though showing only a brief selection of Stone’s entire work, several towns in Rhode Island are featured including, Jamestown, Warwick, Providence, Coventry, Newport and Scituate. Titles for the images were provided by the donor.

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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.

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The collection includes 197 black and white photographs of residential architecture and street views in Providence, Rhode Island taken by Lawrence E. Tilley in 1958. The photographs document the College Hill neighborhood.