Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our lives that we don’t realize how truly fortunate we are. Life in past decades was much different than it is now. In the early 1940s when World War II was being fought, everything looked dissimilar from the way it is today. Browse through these WWII photos to see how much Rhode Island has changed.

1. A crew training on a tiny PT boat at the the United States Navy Motor Torpedoed Boat Training Center in Melville, Rhode Island during WWII.
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2. A mother with her children at a war nursery school in Providence. 35 war nursery schools were opened in Rhode Island for pre-school children who had mothers working at war plants,
Photogrammar/Ann Rosener
3. The daughter of a truck gardener preparing a dinner of spaghetti and meatballs for the family in 1940 at home in Portsmouth.
Photogrammar/Jack Delano
4. Many of the military weren't home for the holidays, but Christmas trees were still for sale at this Providence market.
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5. The child of a man who worked temporarily during the winter of 1940 for the Newport torpedo station in Portsmouth.
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6. A Saturday night square dance in 1940 in Clayville.
Photogrammar/Jack Delano

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7. The business center of Woonsocket during WWII.
Photgrammar/Jack Delano
8. A view of the Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company in Providence as employees end their work day in 1940.
Photogrammar/Jack Delano
9. Women catching up on the neighborhood news in the mill town of Ashton.
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10. The work on a farm is never ending. A Foster woman using her loom to create fabric in 1940.
Photgrammar/Jack Delano
11. A man getting ready to make a trip into town during WWII.
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12. Window shoppers deciding what gifts to pick out for Christmas in Providence.
Photogrammar/Jack Delano
13. Children leaving school during the winter of 1940 in Woonsocket.
Photogrammar/Jack Delano

Did you enjoy browsing these WWII photos? You can enjoy another stroll down memory lane by checking out these vintage photos taken in Rhode Island.

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