Museum of Natural History, Roger Williams Park, Providence, R.I. – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Museum of Natural History, Roger Williams Park, Providence, R.I., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Museum of Natural History, Roger Williams Park, Providence, R.I.
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Roger Williams Park, the large public park on Providence's south side, is the setting for this view of its natural history museum, shown here as a squared, substantial building set among the park's grounds. The park was laid out in the 1870s and was meant to give residents a place for recreation and self-improvement, and its museum collected specimens and exhibits for public education. The image is an 8 by 10 inch glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that documented American towns, parks and landmarks from the 1890s into the 1920s. Its ca. 1906 date places it near the height of that work.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | 3352" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019718. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Galleries & museums. Parks.United States--Rhode Island--Providence. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 791 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63058 |
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