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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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July 2025 Exhibit in Town Hall: Decorative and Commemorative Plates
Ceramics were often decorated as souvenirs to commemorate events or sites. The July exhibit in Town Hall displays eight such souvenir plates in the JHS collection.
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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.
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Camp Seaside 1877-1970
Camp Seaside Jamestown Rhode Island provided recuperation and recreation first for poor city dwellers and later for 4-H groups and campfire girls. By 1890 there were 342 children and adults listed.
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June 2025 Exhibit in Town Hall: Bumper Stickers and Decals
Vinyl bumper stickers and decals, once printed on metal or cardboard, are among today’s most popular forms of print advertising
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2025 Spring Newsletter
Our 2025 Spring Newsletter is now available! Read now to stay up to date with the Jamestown Historical Society!
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May Town Hall Exhibit: The Telephone in Jamestown
The Jamestown Historical Society May 2025 exhibit at Town Hall follows the history of phone service in Jamestown from the day of the operator-manned switchboard to today’s smart phone
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Portuguese Traditions in Jamestown
The first Portuguese arrived in Jamestown during the late 1800s bringing with them their traditions and customs. Most were from the Azores.
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April Exhibit in Town Hall: Jamestown’s Film History
The Jamestown Historical Society April 2025 exhibit at the Town Hall displays Jamestown’s film history and the Palace Theatre (later the Bomes Theater).
