Esmond Mills, Esmond, Rhode Island, 1920 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Esmond Mills, Esmond, Rhode Island, 1920 in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Esmond Mills, Esmond, Rhode Island, 1920
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Esmond, a mill village in the town of Smithfield in Providence County, Rhode Island, was built around the textile works that gave it a name and an economy. In 1920, the mill was one of the many textile operations that made northern Rhode Island a center of cloth production, and it depended on a workforce of local families and immigrants who lived in company-era housing near the river. Rhode Island's mills were running at a time when the state's manufacturing base was already beginning to face competition from southern mills and changing markets, a shift that would reshape mill towns across the region in the years ahead. For the people who lived in Esmond, the mill's whistle and shift schedule set the rhythm of daily life, and the village's identity rose and fell with the fortunes of the works.
| Created / published | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Rhode Island |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,048 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | RI 1920 Esmond Mills, Esmond |
More from the Panoramic Photos collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
