Connie Armbrust

Connie Armbrust

Click on the images below to see them in our Online Catalog. Jamestown is a haven for writers and artists, and one of our treasures was Constance Armbrust, known to everyone as “Connie.” Connie was born November 7, 1907, to Archie and Emily Dearborn Warren in Concord,...
Harbor View

Harbor View

Click on the images below to see them in our Online Catalog. In 1887, Captain Abbott Chandler, who ran a small boat business, renting rowboats and sailboats from his floating pier south of the East Ferry wharf, hired Charles Bevins to build a boardinghouse for seamen...
Tiny Photos Attached to Larger Documents

Tiny Photos Attached to Larger Documents

Click on the images below to see them in our Online Catalog. The Jamestown Historical Society has more than 11,000 photographs in its collection. Six of these are unique because they are tiny visuals that are attached to larger documents: two postcards, two envelopes,...
JHS at the CIAA Holiday Fair Dec. 2

JHS at the CIAA Holiday Fair Dec. 2

Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, 9 am – 4 pm Lawn Avenue School, Jamestown, RI Visit the Jamestown Historical Society table at the CIAA Holiday Fair. We’ll have great gift items including lots of different books for adults and children, framed and unframed ferry...
Conanicut Island Light Keeper’s Journal

Conanicut Island Light Keeper’s Journal

Click on the images below to see them in our Online Catalog. JHS recently received Elmer V. Newton’s Conanicut Island Light Keeper’s Journal, 1921-1933. Lighthouse keepers were required to keep a journal mostly of day to day life, when inspections were made, and what...