John Hutchins Cady research scrapbooks

The collection consists of eleven scrapbooks created by John Hutchins Cady. The scrapbooks are organized topically and include photographs, postcards, clippings and Photostats of buildings of architectural interest in Rhode Island with a strong emphasis on the City of Providence. The collection consists of eleven scrapbooks originally housed in three ring binders. The scrapbooks are organized topically and include photographs, postcards, clippings and photostats of buildings of architectural interest in Rhode Island. Most images are of the building exteriors although certain buildings include interior and landscape shots.
This collection is part of Providence Public Library Digital Collections, hosted by Providence Public Library.

Items in this collection

Page 417, Newport Avenue; Whittier Road

Clippings explaining the conversion of Narragansett Track into a clearing house for the homeless and a drawing of the new Citizens Savings Bank building

Page 412, Pawtucket

Page 412, Pawtucket

Providence Public Library

Postcards of Lafayette's House (1700) and the Old Slater Mill, the first cotton mill in America

Page 411, Washington Street

Page 411, Washington Street

Providence Public Library

Images of houses at 499 and 527 Washington Street (as well as 306 Knight Street, at the corner of Washington Street)

Page 411, Main Street; Exchange Street;

Clipping from the Providence Sunday Journal (May 9, 1948) of view of Pawtucket from across the Blackstone River with photograph of the Old Slater Mill

Page 410, Transit Street

Page 410, Transit Street

Providence Public Library

Clipping with image of a painting by W. Spencer Crooks of a now demolished building on Transit and South Main Streets

Page 410, Park Place; East Avenue

Page 410, Park Place; East Avenue

Providence Public Library

Clippings from the Providence Sunday Journal (May 7, 1944) regarding the sale of one of R.I.'s few remaining octagon houses and a 20-room house for conversion into an apartment building

Page 41, Prospect Terrace

Page 41, Prospect Terrace

Providence Public Library

Clipping from The Netopian featuring the shifting Providence skyline between 1886 and 1923.

Page 41, Benefit Street

Page 41, Benefit Street

Providence Public Library

Interiors of Harris house at 135 Benefit Street and clipping featuring the Colony House addition by Alfred Stone

Page 41, Atlantic Avenue

Page 41, Atlantic Avenue

Providence Public Library

Photographs of St. John's Roman Catholic Church, St. Andrew's Church, and Our Lady of Lourdes on Atlantic Avenue

Page 409, Pawtucket

Page 409, Pawtucket

Providence Public Library

Photograph and postcard of the Pidge Tavern, also known as "Mr. Sayles' Tavern"

Page 408, Pawtucket

Page 408, Pawtucket

Providence Public Library

Excerpt from The Neotopian concerning the Old Daggett House in Slater Park

Page 407, Pawtucket

Page 407, Pawtucket

Providence Public Library

Excerpt from The Neotopian concerning the Old Daggett House in Slater Park

Page 406, Pawtucket

Page 406, Pawtucket

Providence Public Library

Excerpt from The Neotopian concerning the Old Daggett House in Slater Park

Page 405, Pawtucket

Page 405, Pawtucket

Providence Public Library

Excerpt from The Neotopian concerning the Old Daggett House in Slater Park