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Stereoscopic views of Providence, Rhode Island

Title
Stereoscopic views of Providence, Rhode Island [graphic].
Publication
1860?-1920?

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Baker, Leander, approximately 1842-1925.
  • Goodwin, J. W.
  • Hacker
  • Lewis, T. (Thomas R.), -1901.
  • Palmer, J. H.
  • E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) Views of Providence, R. I. 8627, 8630, 8639.
  • Keystone View Company. pbl
  • Manchester Bros, photographers
  • J. & J.H. Palmer, photographers. Providence views
  • G.J. Raymond & Co. pbl
  • Windsor's Photographic House. Windsor's stereoscopic views
  • Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views
Description
  • 78 stereographs (photoprints) : albumen, b&w; 89 x 178 mm. or smaller.
  • 1 stereographs (photoprints) : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 1 stereograph (photomechanical print) : halftone, b&w ;
  • 31 stereographs (photoprints) : albumen, b&w ;
  • 1 stereograph (photoprint) : silver gelatin, b&w ;
Summary
  • Views of Providence: general view from the Baptist Church; waterfront views, including bridges or piers at Seekonk, the cove and Exchange Pl., shipping on the Providence River, including steamboats and sailing vessels, a tugboat; street views: Broad St., Exchange Place; Market Square, Monument Square and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, South Water Street, with canal, Westminster St. showing trolley tracks, churches, businesses; City Hall; post office; interior view of the Arcade, Butler Exhange, Washington Buildings; Providence Depot, with clock tower; Union Horse R.R. depot with trolley and wagon in front; Narragansett and Riverside Hotels; Mr. Cook's home; churches: Baptist Church, including interior, Moosup Valley Church, Trinity Square, the Cathedral; Dexter Asylum; schools: Brown University including the laboratory building , chapel, library and other buildings, the high school, Point St. School, Friends' School, including group portraits of teachers, students, club girls, a croquet game and interiors of the dining room, Alumni Hall and Library; waterworks, including the Hope St. Pumping station, and men standing on top of Olney St. pumping station machinery; children in a circle holding hands in Prospect Park, Roger Williams Park: R. Williams house, light fixture and drinking fountain, park garden and a building, row boats and dock; the fountain at the Athenaeum.
  • Craftsmen at working making jewelry; screw machine, tapping machine and universal milling machine manufactured by J. R. Brown & Sharpe (cards promotional material for machinery), man standing next to Rock Springs water wagon pouring water into jugs; H.P.& F. R.R. engine, the "Bee".
Subject
  • Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683 > Homes and haunts
  • Brown University
  • Business enterprises > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Churches > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Children playing > Rhode Island > Providence
  • City & town halls > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Colleges & universities > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Croquet > Rhode Island
  • Dwellings > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Interior architecture > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Libraries > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Machinery > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Monuments > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Parks > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Piers & wharves > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Post offices > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Pumping stations > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Railroad stations > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Schools > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Steamboats > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Street-railroads > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Streets > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Students
  • Teachers > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Tugboats > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Waterfronts > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Waterworks > Rhode Island > Providence
  • Providence River (R.I.)
  • Rumford (East Providence, R.I.)
Genre/Form
  • Group portraits.
  • Albumen photoprints.
  • Amateur works.
  • Halftone photomechanical prints.
  • Photoprints.
  • Silver gelatin photoprints.
  • Stereographs.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Includes views by E. & H. T. Anthony, Leander Baker, J. & J. H. Palmer and other photographers and publishers.
  • One view by Baker has a later view, possibly by an amateur, mounted on the verso.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Cite As (note)
  • Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Call Number
MFY Dennis Coll 92-F15
OCLC
NYPG92-F15
Title
Stereoscopic views of Providence, Rhode Island [graphic].
Imprint
1860?-1920?
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
Cite As:
Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Baker, Leander, approximately 1842-1925. Providence views.
Goodwin, J. W. Photographer
Hacker. Photographer
Lewis, T. (Thomas R.), -1901. Photographer Providence River and Marblehead Neck views.
Palmer, J. H. Photographer Providence views.
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) Views of Providence, R. I. 8627, 8630, 8639.
Keystone View Company. Publisher
Manchester Bros, photographers.
J. & J.H. Palmer, photographers. Providence views.
G.J. Raymond & Co. Publisher
Windsor's Photographic House. Windsor's stereoscopic views.
Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Research Call Number
MFY Dennis Coll 92-F15
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