9 Historic Photos That Show Us What It Was Like Living In Rhode Island In The Early 1900s
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Sara Dager
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Sometimes we just want to take a peek back into the past. Seeing what your state looked like before all the high rises and heavy technology can feel a bit like stepping into a time machine! We’ve hunted down nine photos of the Ocean state from years long gone by so you can get an idea of what life used to be like in Rhode Island.
Always a hub of Providence culture, Westminster street sure has changed a lot over the years!
Taken between 1890-1900, this photo gives us a look at the Black women who helped to shape Rhode Island politics.
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Newport has always been known for its gorgeous homes, and this pair of pictures shows us what a seaside mansion looked like so many years ago.
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This photo is part of a set of pictures taken to illustrate a Rudyard Kipling poem called The Glory of the Garden.
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Rocky Point Amusement Park has been closed since 1994, but this picture gives us a great idea of what it looked like in its heyday, full of happy people enjoying a day out.
Beach life is such a constant in Rhode Island, and these swimmers in Narragansett seem to be having just as much fun as the people who enjoy this beautiful beach today.
The jewelry district in Providence is no longer what it once was, but here we get a peek into the days that manufacturing was the biggest source of income for the city, and much of it came from these skilled makers.
This merry band of women is the Congressional Union for Woman's Suffrage. We're so lucky to get a chance to admire the women who helped move us forward in so many ways.
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During World War I, many women had to join the workforce in order to cover the gaps in employment created by so many men enrolling to fight. Here we see a group of those women working to add rust prevention to hand grenades.
Aren’t these photos so fascinating? It’s so cool to see Rhode Island over 100 years ago and ponder about what life must have been like back then!
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