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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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  • California Artificial Flower Company, Providence, RI by E. B. Thomas, Cambridge, MA.: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    California Artificial Flower Company, Providence, RI

  • US Naval Training Station/Admin. Building, Newport by US Naval Training Station, Ship Service: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    US Naval Training Station/Admin. Building, Newport

  • Camp Yawgoog from the Air

    Camp Yawgoog from the Air

  • Exchange Place Showing Industrial Trust Building, City Hall and Biltmore Hotel

    Exchange Place Showing Industrial Trust Building, City Hall and Biltmore Hotel

  • Site of [?] Fulling Mill 1687. Gilbert Stuart Birthplace Saunderstown, RI Route 1.

    Site of [?] Fulling Mill 1687. Gilbert Stuart Birthplace Saunderstown, RI Route 1.

  • The Dining Room, Seaside Camp, Jamestown, RI

    The Dining Room, Seaside Camp, Jamestown, RI

  • U.S. Naval Reserve, Bristol, RI

    U.S. Naval Reserve, Bristol, RI

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

    New Band Stand, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Commodore (Oliver Hazard) Perry Homestead, Wakefield, RI by Colourpicture Publication, Cambridge, MA: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Commodore (Oliver Hazard) Perry Homestead, Wakefield, RI

  • Commodore (Oliver Hazard) Perry Homestead, Wakefield, RI by Commodore Perry Homestead, Wakefield, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Commodore (Oliver Hazard) Perry Homestead, Wakefield, RI

  • Community House at Quonset Point, RI by Community House at Quonset Point, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Community House at Quonset Point, RI

  • American Flag, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Curt Teich and Co., Chicago, IL: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    American Flag, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • American Legion Emblem, Roger Williams Park by Curt Teich and Co., Chicago, IL: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    American Legion Emblem, Roger Williams Park

  • Combination Police and Fire Headquarters, Providence, RI by Curt Teich and Co., Chicago, IL: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Combination Police and Fire Headquarters, Providence, RI

  • Concert Pavilion, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Curt Teich and Co., Chicago, IL: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Concert Pavilion, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Exchange Place Showing City Hall, Biltmore Hotel & Civil War Monument by Curt Teich and Co., Chicago, IL: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Exchange Place Showing City Hall, Biltmore Hotel & Civil War Monument

  • Exchange Place Showing Industrial Trust Building by Curt Teich and Co., Chicago, IL: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Exchange Place Showing Industrial Trust Building

  • Monkey Island, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Curt Teich and Co., Chicago, IL: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Monkey Island, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Mount Hope Bridge on the Road from Providence to Newport, Rhode Island by Curt Teich and Co., Chicago, IL: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Mount Hope Bridge on the Road from Providence to Newport, Rhode Island

  • Providence County Court House and Rhode Island School of Design by Curt Teich and Co., Chicago, IL: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Providence County Court House and Rhode Island School of Design

  • State Capitol, Providence, RI by Curt Teich and Co., Chicago, IL: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    State Capitol, Providence, RI

  • Westminster Street, Providence, RI, Looking East by Curt Teich and Co., Chicago, IL: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Westminster Street, Providence, RI, Looking East

  • USS Constellation, 1797 by H. B. Settle, Newport, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    USS Constellation, 1797

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

    Fireplace and hearth, Betsy Williams Cottage, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • First Baptist Church and East Side Tunnel, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    First Baptist Church and East Side Tunnel, Providence, RI

  • Steeple of First Congregational Church Crashed to Ground, Pawtucket, RI by Tichnor Bros. Inc., Boston, MA; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Steeple of First Congregational Church Crashed to Ground, Pawtucket, RI

  • Bidwall's "Canvas Town"

    Bidwall's "Canvas Town"

  • U.S. Naval Reserve, Bristol, RI

    U.S. Naval Reserve, Bristol, RI

  • The Handicraft Club, Providence, RI by Helen M. Grose, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    The Handicraft Club, Providence, RI

  • Map of Block Island, RI

    Map of Block Island, RI

  • Purgatory Chasm, Newport, RI

    Purgatory Chasm, Newport, RI

  • Tercentenary Arch, erected by the Outlet Company, Providence, RI

    Tercentenary Arch, erected by the Outlet Company, Providence, RI

  • Washington Square

    Washington Square

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

    City Hall, Newport

  • Old Stone Mill and Channing Monument, Touro Park, Newport by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Old Stone Mill and Channing Monument, Touro Park, Newport

  • New Shoreham Station, Block Island, RI by Henry D. Heinz, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    New Shoreham Station, Block Island, RI

  • Old Harbor, Block Island, RI, from the Air by Avery Lord, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    Old Harbor, Block Island, RI, from the Air

  • Center Village showing the Bathing Beach, Block Island, RI

    Center Village showing the Bathing Beach, Block Island, RI

  • City Hall, Newport by CT American Art, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    City Hall, Newport

  • King Cottages, Quonochontaug, RI

    King Cottages, Quonochontaug, RI

  • Making sail at Sandy Beach, Camp Yawgoog, B.S.A.

    Making sail at Sandy Beach, Camp Yawgoog, B.S.A.

  • The Narrows Waterman's Reservoir, Greenville, RI by H. Tobey Smith, Greenville, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    The Narrows Waterman's Reservoir, Greenville, RI

  • Front Campus, Brown University, Providence, RI

    Front Campus, Brown University, Providence, RI

  • Stone Arch on Cliff Walk, Newport

    Stone Arch on Cliff Walk, Newport

  • Woolworth Building, Showing City Hall and Providence-Biltmore Hotel, Providence, RI

    Woolworth Building, Showing City Hall and Providence-Biltmore Hotel, Providence, RI

  • Boat Landing of Commodore James Estate & Marion Eppley Estate, Newport by Lippitt Brothers, Newport, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Boat Landing of Commodore James Estate & Marion Eppley Estate, Newport

  • Broad Street, Westerly, RI

    Broad Street, Westerly, RI

  • Coast Scene, Block Island, RI

    Coast Scene, Block Island, RI

  • Gathering Seaweed, Block Island, RI

    Gathering Seaweed, Block Island, RI

  • The Forty Steps, Cliff Walk, Newport, RI

    The Forty Steps, Cliff Walk, Newport, RI

  • Church, Exeter, RI

    Church, Exeter, RI

  • The Searle Mansion, Block Island, RI

    The Searle Mansion, Block Island, RI

  • East Avenue Looking West, Harrisville, RI by W. E. Gaucher, Harrisville, RI: Publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    East Avenue Looking West, Harrisville, RI

  • The Imperial Hotel, Narragansett Pier, RI by The Rhode Island News Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    The Imperial Hotel, Narragansett Pier, RI

  • Surf at Weekapaug, RI

    Surf at Weekapaug, RI

  • Old Fort Dumplings, Newport, RI by A.C. Bosselman & Co., New York: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Old Fort Dumplings, Newport, RI

  • F.W. Vanderbilt's Residence, Rough Point, Newport by Blanchard, Young & Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    F.W. Vanderbilt's Residence, Rough Point, Newport

  • Old South Ferry Church, Saunderstown, RI by E. E. Briggs, Saunderstown, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Old South Ferry Church, Saunderstown, RI

  • Naval Training Station, Newport, Lessons in Alphabetical Drilling by Arms by Enrique Muller, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    Naval Training Station, Newport, Lessons in Alphabetical Drilling by Arms

  • Betty Alden House, Little Compton, RI: built in 1660

    Betty Alden House, Little Compton, RI: built in 1660

  • US Naval Training Station / US Ships "Constellation" and "Boxer" by Chas. D. Dadley, Newport, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    US Naval Training Station / US Ships "Constellation" and "Boxer"

  • US Naval Training Station/ US Ships "Constellation" and "Boxer" by Chas. D. Dadley, Newport, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    US Naval Training Station/ US Ships "Constellation" and "Boxer"

  • Ocean Drive, showing Atwood Hotel and Revere House, Narragansett Pier, RI by Danzinger & Berman, New Haven, CT.: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Ocean Drive, showing Atwood Hotel and Revere House, Narragansett Pier, RI

  • The Beach, Matunuck, RI by The Rhode Island News Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    The Beach, Matunuck, RI

  • Mohegan Bluffs and South-east Light, Block Island, RI

    Mohegan Bluffs and South-east Light, Block Island, RI

  • Hill Crest Road, Warwick Downs, RI by Grant, Warwick Downs, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Hill Crest Road, Warwick Downs, RI

  • Pebbly Beach, Block Island, RI

    Pebbly Beach, Block Island, RI

  • The Storm, Newport

    The Storm, Newport

  • Watchemoket Square, East Providence, RI

    Watchemoket Square, East Providence, RI

  • Westminster Street, looking west, Providence, RI

    Westminster Street, looking west, Providence, RI

  • Washington Square and Perry House, Newport, RI by Charles H. Seddon, Providence, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Washington Square and Perry House, Newport, RI

  • "A Quiet and peaceful Scene", Cottages along the Southwest Bend of Sakonnet River, Island Park, RI

    "A Quiet and peaceful Scene", Cottages along the Southwest Bend of Sakonnet River, Island Park, RI

  • Gathering Seaweed

    Gathering Seaweed

  • Massasoit Memorial Tablet, Warren, RI

    Massasoit Memorial Tablet, Warren, RI

  • Turk's Head Building and Westminster Street, Providence, RI by Berger Bros., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Turk's Head Building and Westminster Street, Providence, RI

  • Butler Hospital, Main Drive, Providence, RI by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Butler Hospital, Main Drive, Providence, RI

  • Showing the progress of Providence: Old & New Turk's Head Bldg. by H. W. Niles, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    Showing the progress of Providence: Old & New Turk's Head Bldg.

  • Betsy Williams Cottage, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

    Betsy Williams Cottage, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Watching the Steamer come in, New Harbor, Block Island, RI

    Watching the Steamer come in, New Harbor, Block Island, RI

  • The Lake, Matunuck, RI by The Rhode Island News Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    The Lake, Matunuck, RI

  • R.I. State Sanatorium , Wallum Lake, RI

    R.I. State Sanatorium , Wallum Lake, RI

  • Rocky Point, RI, leading from Warwick, R by Charles H. Seddon, Providence, RI; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Rocky Point, RI, leading from Warwick, R

  • North Main Street Looking North by Rhode Island News Company, Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    North Main Street Looking North

  • South Lights and Mohegan Bluffs, Block Island, RI by Sackett & Wilhelms Corp. (American printer, active ca.1918); Nathan Sackett; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    South Lights and Mohegan Bluffs, Block Island, RI

  • Baptist Church, Wickford, RI

    Baptist Church, Wickford, RI

  • Elmer Bowden's Store, Bay Spring, RI

    Elmer Bowden's Store, Bay Spring, RI

  • Fort Adams (exterior)

    Fort Adams (exterior)

  • Old Stone Mill, Newport, RI

    Old Stone Mill, Newport, RI

  • Slater Park, Moonlight on the Lake, Pawtucket, RI by Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Slater Park, Moonlight on the Lake, Pawtucket, RI

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

    Waterfront, Providence, RI

  • R.I. State Sanatorium , Wallum Lake, RI by Metropolitan News and Publishing Co., Boston, MA; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    R.I. State Sanatorium , Wallum Lake, RI

  • Soldier's Monument, Providence, RI by National Art Views Co., NY City: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Soldier's Monument, Providence, RI

  • Angell Street from Wayland Square, Providence, RI by Octochrome, New York; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Angell Street from Wayland Square, Providence, RI

  • Old Fire Place, Betsy Williams Cottage, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by Souvenir Post Card Co. New York: publisher, Visual + Material Resources, and Fleet Library

    Old Fire Place, Betsy Williams Cottage, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • National India Rubber Co., Bristol, RI by The Rhode Island News Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    National India Rubber Co., Bristol, RI

  • Rough Spot on the Beach, Quonochontaug, RI by The Rhode Island News Co., Providence, RI: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Rough Spot on the Beach, Quonochontaug, RI

  • Casino, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

    Casino, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

  • Seaside Cottages, Conanicut Park, RI

    Seaside Cottages, Conanicut Park, RI

  • South Light, Block Island, RI

    South Light, Block Island, RI

  • Cunliff's Pond, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI by A.C. Bosselman & Co., New York: publisher; Visual + Material Resources; and Fleet Library

    Cunliff's Pond, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI

 
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