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Jamestown Windmill Receives Legislative Grant

Jamestown’s Windmill Day will be especially festive July 16th thanks to a $1000 legislative grant sponsored by our representative Deb Ruggiero.

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Multi Media Art at the Library by local artists

Jamestown artists sometimes worked with materials that are not normally found in an artist’s studio.

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Thank you, Jim Buttrick and Eric Archer, for an enjoyable and informative JHS trip to the Naval War College Museum in Newport. We learned about the “USF Constellation” & Tomas A. Todd’s Model at the NWC Museum. Thank you to Tom and his daughter Suzannah Todd Waters.

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“Service Above Self” The Jamestown Rotary Club 1941- 2016

“Service above Self” The Jamestown Rotary. The exhibit of the Jamestown Historical Society at the Jamestown Philomenian Library

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Stationery from the JHS Collection

Before there was email, websites, Facebook and twitter, there was personal and corporate stationery.

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Photos from the JAC/JHS Exhibit

The Jamestown Arts Center and the JHS held a reception of art from the Nina A. Baugh collection and art from the Jamestown Historical Society collection.

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2015 Donations & Acquisitions

Register for the Bay View Hotel, 1911-1916 Model of the Beavertail Lighthouse T-shirt for Island Rubbish Service. These are just three of 16 items shown in our JHS exhibit case at the Jamestown Library.

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Matchbooks

The exhibit committee, which is now under the direction of Suzi Andrews, has installed our newest exhibit in the society’s case in the foyer of the Jamestown Philomenian Library.

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Decals and Bumper Stickers

Stickers and decals have long been used to convey messages or support for ideas or organizations. During this upcoming presidential election year you may see a variety of stickers around Jamestown.

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JHS Receives Grant for Windmill Repairs

The Jamestown Historical Society recently received a $5,000 grant from the 1772 Foundation to help pay for much needed repairs at the Jamestown windmill.

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