by JHS | Dec 15, 2021 | JHS in the News, Library Exhibits
For the December exhibit in the library, the Jamestown Historical Society joined forces with the Valmont “Bucky” Caswell Museum at the Jamestown Volunteer Fire Department to show toy fire engines across the last century. The earliest is a miniature version of the...
by JHS | Nov 23, 2021 | JHS in the News, Library Exhibits
The JHS library exhibit for November displays a collection of boxes designed for many different uses. A tiny round ceramic snuff box used in the 19th century contained powdered tobacco. A pinch sniffed from the back of the hand would give an instant nicotine rush. A...
by JHS | Oct 19, 2021 | JHS in the News, Library Exhibits
Over the years, Jamestown has had three golf courses: the Conanicut Golf Club (1895-1904), Jamestown Golf and Country Club (1902-present), and the Beaver Tail Country Club (1926-1944). The October exhibit in the JHS library display case shows the layout of the two...
by JHS | Oct 4, 2021 | JHS in the News, Library Exhibits
The September exhibit in the JHS library display case features Jamestown’s many resort hotels and the room keys they used. The earliest full-service hotel was the Bay View, opened by William Knowles, one of the last sail ferry captains, in 1882. The Gardner (where...
by JHS | Aug 27, 2021 | JHS in the News, Library Exhibits
The August exhibit in the JHS library display case features early gifts to the Jamestown Historical Society’s collection and the people who gave them. The first object donated to the collection was presented at the second meeting of the society on August 26, 1912, by...
by JHS | Jul 12, 2021 | JHS in the News, Library Exhibits
The July exhibit in the JHS library display case features commemorative plates from the society’s collection. Two quite different plates designed for the 300th anniversary of the purchase of Conanicut Island in 1657 are displayed. The plate by Catharine Morris...
