by JHS | Feb 14, 2023 | Events
“Walking Hand-in-Hand with the Past at Watson Farm” Wednesday, February 22, 7 pm Sign up for this FREE presentation by Historic New England’s Jane Hennedy, by clicking below: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4cm2jmxkSq6jy_X7nrn94g After...
by JHS | Feb 8, 2023 | JHS in the News, Library Exhibits
The new exhibit mounted by the Jamestown Historical Society in the mini-exhibit case in the foyer of Town Hall features bottles of all kinds from the JHS collection. The oldest bottle shown is a white porcelain perfume bottle from the colonial era. The most recent...
by JHS | Feb 1, 2023 | From the Collection
The Carr School was built in 1889 on the site now anchored by McQuade’s Market. It was a large two-story building serving grades K-4 and was in use until 1955 when the Lawn Avenue School was built. May Day was celebrated with a Maypole Dance, a Queen and her...
by Peter Fay | Jan 26, 2023 | Events
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, 7 pm Sign up for this FREE presentation by Jamestown’s own public historian, Peter Fay, by clicking below: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7a4fgRk_R-yXgLyImPjZWQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email...
by Rosemary Enright and Sue Maden | Jan 12, 2023 | 2023 Articles, Jamestown History Articles
A four-engine long-range B-24 Liberator bomber on which William Sweet was engineer for 18 missions over enemy territory during World War II. Eighty years ago, the United States was entering its second year of involvement in World War II. Few were left untouched by the...
by JHS | Jan 4, 2023 | Events
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 7 pm Sign up for this FREE presentation by New York award-winning author and journalist John Henry by clicking below: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LT5N5D6kT9aEml3Y774AsA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email...
by JHS | Jan 1, 2023 | From the Collection
This fan has been dated to the 18th century by the Textiles Department at URI. The donor was Mary Howland (Gardner) Clarke, the daughter of John Howland Gardner. She grew up in upstate New York, visited relatives in Jamestown and married David Otis Clarke who grew up...
by Rosemary Enright and Sue Maden | Dec 22, 2022 | 2022 Articles, Jamestown History Articles
Preston E. Peckham and his wife, Catherine, taking a chilly winter carriage ride. Participating in horse competition, pigeon races, and carriage parades, Preston, born in 1884, was considered one of the most colorful turn-of-the-century characters in Jamestown. John...
by Peter Fay | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022 Articles, Jamestown History Articles
The Roman goddess Ceres (right) holds a cornucopia and shaft of grain on the 1856 $2 bank note of Rhode Island. (Courtesy of Heritage Auctions) The holiday season is a time for people to ponder the bounty in their lives, and in Jamestown’s past, all wealth flowed from...
by JHS | Dec 1, 2022 | From the Collection
Clara was the daughter of Clara Silvia Furtado and Manual Dutra Lewis who immigrated from Fayal Island Azores and were married January 14, 1906 in the Parish of St. Mary, Our Lady of the Isle in Newport. Manual and Clara had two daughters, Mary Lewis, who married...
