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| Some Towns and Villages in Rhode Island |
| We lived in Barrington for a couple of years at the end of the 1960s and used to swim from the Town Beach. I never remember it this rough but on Xmas Day 1967, the sea was frozen ! |
| Search the internet for more information about Rhode Island - or to find a hotel or restaurant ! |
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| Elm Street in Westerly in a postcard mailed in 1910. |
| A postcard of the Mount Hope Bridge, between Bristol and Portsmouth, RI. |
| No date for this old postcard of the Casino on Atlantic Beach. |
| An undated view of the Hope Webbing Company's Building in Pawtucket. |
| Main Street, Pawtucket, in the early 20th Century. |
| Rocky Point in the 1920s. |
| Cottages at Quonochontaug. |
| "The Towers, US Route 1A, Ocean Road, Narragansett, RI. Gateway to one of the world's finest salt water beaches." A 1960s postcard. |
| A 1909 postcard of the Manisses Hotel on Block Island. |
| Mohegan Bluffs on Block Island. |
| A 1931 postcard of the Narragansett Bathing and Clam Bake Club. |
| Broad Street, Westerly, mailed in 1949. |
| A group of artists in Wickford in 1957. |
| A patriotic postcard of the USS Rhode Island, mailed in 1917. |
| St Peter's by the Sea, Narragansett Pier - a 1934 postcard. |
| Slater Park, Pawtucket - a postcard mailed in 1941. |
| No date for this one of Boat Houses at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet. |
| Watch Hill Beach - a postcard mailed in 1925. |
| A1910 postcard of Rocky Point Dance Hall. |
| Rhode Island is a state in New England and is the smallest of the states of the USA. The capital city is Providence. Rhode Island was the first of the thirteen original colonies to declare independence from British rule and the last to ratify the United States Constitution. This page contains old postcards of some towns and villages in the state for which we have as yet insufficient images to justify separate web pages. Follow the links for Providence and Newport. |
| The Globe Church on South Main Street, Woonsocket. |
| Did You Know.........that Bobby Farrelly, film director, screenwriter, producer and one half of the Farrelly Brothers, was born in Cumberland RI in 1958. His brother Peter was born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania in 1956. |
| Adamsville. |
| This postcard of Block Island was mailed in 1910. |
| Another 1910 postcard, this one of Pawtuxet Cove. |
| The Old Butterfly Factory at Lincoln. |
| The Casino Gardens, Narragansett Pier. |
| Herreshoff Boat Works, Bristol. |
| The Armory, Pawtucket. |