1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition

 

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Creation Date

1906

Photographer

Nicholas Romano

Location

Esmond, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Worktype

textile mills

Image Type

photographic prints

Image Measurements

8 inches x 10 inches

Inscription

[typed, portrait orientation:] DATE: 1925[? mill erected 1906, et seq.] / DESCRIPTION: ESMOND BLANKET MILL, Esmond. 1925. Straightforward / modern construction in wood. An un-self conscious [sic] American Architec- / tural vocabulary neglected by traditional and modern aesthetics / alike.

Description

verso of photograph; Photograph exhibited in Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition, 1939, RISD Museum. Curated by RISD Museum Director Alexander Dorner (tenure 1938-1941) and architectural historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock.

Keywords

architecture (discipline)

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