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Rhode Island Postcards

Rhode Island Postcards

 

This collection of over 600 vintage postcards of Rhode Island scenes features some of Rhode Island’s familiar sights and historic architecture, tourist attractions from the early 20th century, and some lesser known villages and byways.

The Picture Collection houses a large collection of vintage postcards from all over the world, including holiday postcards, advertising novelty cards, fold-out souvenir cards, and many more.

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  • The Lagoon, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island by American Art Post Card Co., Boston, MA: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    The Lagoon, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island

  • The Lagoon, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by American Art Post Card Co., Boston, MA: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    The Lagoon, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • War College and Drill Field, Newport, RI by American Art Post Card Co., Boston, MA: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    War College and Drill Field, Newport, RI

  • American Flag, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    American Flag, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • American Legion Emblem, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    American Legion Emblem, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Band Stand and lake Showing Statue of Bowen R. Church (Cornetist). At Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Band Stand and lake Showing Statue of Bowen R. Church (Cornetist). At Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Benedict Temple of Music, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Benedict Temple of Music, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Betsy Williams Cottage, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Betsy Williams Cottage, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Betsy Williams Cottage, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Betsy Williams Cottage, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Providence, RI

  • Conimicut Point Light, Narragansett Bay, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Conimicut Point Light, Narragansett Bay, RI

  • Monkey Island, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Monkey Island, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • New England Telephone Building, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    New England Telephone Building, Providence, RI

  • On Drill Field U.S. Navel Training Station, Newport, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    On Drill Field U.S. Navel Training Station, Newport, RI

  • Providence College, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Providence College, Providence, RI

  • Providence College, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Providence College, Providence, RI

  • Rhode Island Normal School, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Rhode Island Normal School, Providence, RI

  • Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, Interior Casino, Pawtuxet, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, Interior Casino, Pawtuxet, RI

  • Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Rounding the First Turn, Narragansett Race Track, Pawtucket, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Rounding the First Turn, Narragansett Race Track, Pawtucket, RI

  • State Armory, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    State Armory, Providence, RI

  • State Armory. Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    State Armory. Providence, RI

  • Sunken Gardens, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Sunken Gardens, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Union Station, Providence by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Union Station, Providence

  • Dr. Jacobs residence, Newport, RI by Morris Berman, New Haven, CT.; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Dr. Jacobs residence, Newport, RI

  • St. Mary's Church, Newport, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Patrick Charles Keely (American architect, 1816-1896); Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    St. Mary's Church, Newport, RI

  • Brown University, Buildings facing the Campus green by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Brown University, Buildings facing the Campus green

  • Brown University, Providence, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Brown University, Providence, RI

  • Bullock Point Light, Providence River, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Bullock Point Light, Providence River, RI

  • Casino, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Casino, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Central Baptist Church, Providence, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Central Baptist Church, Providence, RI

  • Channing Memorial Church, exterior of church, Newport, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Channing Memorial Church, exterior of church, Newport, RI

  • Conimicut Point Light, Narragansett Bay, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Conimicut Point Light, Narragansett Bay, RI

  • Grace Church, Providence, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Grace Church, Providence, RI

  • Journal Building, Providence, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Journal Building, Providence, RI

  • Landing Place of Roger Williams, General View, Providence, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Landing Place of Roger Williams, General View, Providence, RI

  • Light-house, Warwick Neck, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Light-house, Warwick Neck, RI

  • New Post Office, Providence, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    New Post Office, Providence, RI

  • NY, NH and Hartford Railway Station, Providence, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    NY, NH and Hartford Railway Station, Providence, RI

  • Old Fort Dumplings, Newport, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Old Fort Dumplings, Newport, RI

  • Old Fort Dumplings, Newport, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Old Fort Dumplings, Newport, RI

  • Pomham Light, Narragansett Bay, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Pomham Light, Narragansett Bay, RI

  • Purgatory, Newport by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Purgatory, Newport

  • Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI

  • River from Point Street Bridge, Providence, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    River from Point Street Bridge, Providence, RI

  • St. Peter's Church, Manton, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    St. Peter's Church, Manton, RI

  • The Harbor, Providence, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    The Harbor, Providence, RI

  • The Old Hoyle Tavern, Providence, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    The Old Hoyle Tavern, Providence, RI

  • Turk's Head Building, Providence, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Turk's Head Building, Providence, RI

  • Union Station, State House and Normal School, Providence, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Union Station, State House and Normal School, Providence, RI

  • Union Station, State House and Normal School, Providence, RI by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Union Station, State House and Normal School, Providence, RI

  • Casey Homestead, Saunderstown, RI by E. E. Briggs, Saunderstown, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Casey Homestead, Saunderstown, RI

  • Robinson House, Saunderstown, RI by E. E. Briggs, Saunderstown, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Robinson House, Saunderstown, RI

  • Broad Street, Westerly, RI by Broad Street, Westerly, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Broad Street, Westerly, RI

  • Memorial and Public Library, Westerly, RI by Burdick, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    Memorial and Public Library, Westerly, RI

  • Butler Hospital, Providence, RI by Callender, McAuslan and Troup Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Butler Hospital, Providence, RI

  • Glenwood Arc, Entrance to Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Callender, McAuslan and Troup Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Glenwood Arc, Entrance to Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Old Union Station (now demolished), Providence, RI by Callender, McAuslan and Troup Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Old Union Station (now demolished), Providence, RI

  • William Goddard Gate, Brown University, Providence, RI by Charles H. Seddon, Providence, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    William Goddard Gate, Brown University, Providence, RI

  • Barracks B, US Naval Training Station, Newport by Chas. D. Dadley, Newport, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Barracks B, US Naval Training Station, Newport

  • Herring Pond, Harrisville, RI by Peter L. Creighton, Harrisville, RI: Publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Herring Pond, Harrisville, RI

  • St. Joseph's Church and School, Pawtucket, RI by C.T. American Art, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    St. Joseph's Church and School, Pawtucket, RI

  • Old Stone Mill and Channing Monument, Touro Park, Newport by CT American Art, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    Old Stone Mill and Channing Monument, Touro Park, Newport

  • College of Education and Henry Barnard School, Providence, RI by Curt Teich and Co., Chicago, IL: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    College of Education and Henry Barnard School, Providence, RI

  • Mount Hope Bay by Curt Teich and Co., Chicago, IL: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Mount Hope Bay

  • Rhode Island Hospital Trust Building, Providence, RI by Curt Teich and Co., Chicago, IL: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Rhode Island Hospital Trust Building, Providence, RI

  • Souvenir Folder of Providence, Rhode Island: Industrial Trust Building by Curt Teich and Co., Chicago, IL: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Souvenir Folder of Providence, Rhode Island: Industrial Trust Building

  • Bridge at Hunt's Mill, Providence, RI by Detroit Photographic Co.: publisher, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    Bridge at Hunt's Mill, Providence, RI

  • Henry Bull House, Spring St., Newport, RI by Detroit Photographic Co.: publisher, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    Henry Bull House, Spring St., Newport, RI

  • Narragansett Pier, RI by Detroit Photographic Co.: publisher, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    Narragansett Pier, RI

  • Ocean Road, Narragansett Pier, RI by Detroit Photographic Co.: publisher, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    Ocean Road, Narragansett Pier, RI

  • Spring Bull House, Newport by Detroit Photographic Co.: publisher, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    Spring Bull House, Newport

  • View from Prospect Terrace, Providence, RI by Detroit Photographic Co.: publisher, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    View from Prospect Terrace, Providence, RI

  • E.D. Morgan Residence, Newport, RI by Detroit Publishing Co., Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    E.D. Morgan Residence, Newport, RI

  • Prospect Street, Providence, RI by Detroit Publishing Co., Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    Prospect Street, Providence, RI

  • Ye Olde General Stanton Inn, Boston Post Road, Charlestown, RI by Dexter Press, Pearl River, NY; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Ye Olde General Stanton Inn, Boston Post Road, Charlestown, RI

  • Block Island Electric Horse Car, Block Island, RI by D. Rubin News Co., Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    Block Island Electric Horse Car, Block Island, RI

  • South Light House, Block Island, RI by D. Rubin News Co., Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    South Light House, Block Island, RI

  • Kingston Inn, Kingston, RI by Eastern Illustrating Co., Belfast, ME; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Kingston Inn, Kingston, RI

  • Bathing at Weekapaug by E.D. West Co., South Yarmouth, MA: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Bathing at Weekapaug

  • First Baptist Church, Founded by Roger Williams in 1638 by First Baptist Church, Founded by Roger Williams in 1638; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    First Baptist Church, Founded by Roger Williams in 1638

  • Main Street, Woonsocket, RI by I. F. Flynn, Woonsocket, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Main Street, Woonsocket, RI

  • Roger Williams Monument and Betsy Williams Cottage, Providence, RI by F. M. Kirby and Co. (retail), Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    Roger Williams Monument and Betsy Williams Cottage, Providence, RI

  • U.S. Navel War College, Newport, RI by J. L. Goodman: photographer, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    U.S. Navel War College, Newport, RI

  • Looking from Rock Island, Warwick Downs, RI by John Grant, Warwick Downs, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Looking from Rock Island, Warwick Downs, RI

  • The First Baptist Church, Providence, RI by Helen M. Grose, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    The First Baptist Church, Providence, RI

  • Marble House, Residence of Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, Newport, RI by Herz Bros., Newport, RI: publisher; Richard Morris Hunt (American architect, 1827-1895); Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Marble House, Residence of Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, Newport, RI

  • A View of the Hummock, Tiverton, RI by William A. Hodgson, Tiverton, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    A View of the Hummock, Tiverton, RI

  • Block Island, RI, Mohegan Bluffs by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Block Island, RI, Mohegan Bluffs

  • Block Island, RI, South Lighthouse by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Block Island, RI, South Lighthouse

  • Boat House, Roge Williams Park, Providence, RI by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Boat House, Roge Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Casino, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Casino, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Fuller Rock Light, Providence River, RI by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Fuller Rock Light, Providence River, RI

  • Grace Church, Providence, RI by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Grace Church, Providence, RI

  • Narragansett Pier, RI, Hazard's Castle by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Narragansett Pier, RI, Hazard's Castle

  • Narragansett Pier, RI, Indian Rock by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Narragansett Pier, RI, Indian Rock

  • Narragansett Pier, RI, Old Man's Face, Point Judith by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Narragansett Pier, RI, Old Man's Face, Point Judith

  • Narragansett Pier, RI, Point Judith Light by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Narragansett Pier, RI, Point Judith Light

  • Narragansett Pier, RI, Point Judith Light by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Narragansett Pier, RI, Point Judith Light

  • Old Home Week Carnival, Newport by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Old Home Week Carnival, Newport

 
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