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The Armbrust Family
The Armbrust family history includes three generations of men who played important roles in Jamestown during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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November 2025 Exhibit in Town Hall: A Community Takes Care of its Own
The November 2025 exhibit in Jamestown Town Hall includes information about how those in need were helped by other members of the community.
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WPA and Jamestown
Seven sites in Jamestown were constructed or repaired by Jamestown workers with funding from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) part of the New Deal Public Works programs.
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October 2025 Exhibit in Town Hall: Molds
The October 2025 exhibit in Jamestown Town Hall displays molds that form candles, fishing weights, candy and butter patties.
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House tour featured Conanicut Park
Jamestown Historical Society’s 2025 house tour features three Victorian cottages built in 1874 in the summer colony known as Conanicut Park
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Wool: From Shearing to Cloth
Sheep’s wool was an important part of Jamestown’s pastoral economy until the early 20th century. The JHS collection includes three of the tools used to process
wool.
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The Last Azorean Whalemen
Nick Francis, filmmaker and director, presented the documentary The Last Azorean Whalemen, following the septuagenarians preserving the history of whaling on the Azorean islands of Pico and Faial
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August 2025 Exhibit in Town Hall: Jamestown Cookbooks
The August 2025 exhibit in Jamestown Town Hall includes cookbooks from island families and others created to benefit specific Jamestown organizations.
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The USS Shenandoah and the USS Patoka
In July 1924 USS Shenandoah, the first airship to use helium, practices mooring and unmooring to the USS Patoka off Jamestown Rhode Island.
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Landing of Roger Williams, 1636
The JHS collection includes an English Blue Staffordshire transferware plate decorated with an image commemorating the 1636 landing of Roger Williams in Rhode Island. Transferware was a way of decorating pottery developed in the later half of the 18th century.
