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 88, Transit Street

Page 88, Transit Street

Providence Public Library

Article with illustration about the "lightnin' splitter roof" of 53 Transit Street, so named for the transit of Venus across the sky in 1769

Page 88, Providence

Page 88, Providence

Providence Public Library

Images of College Hill (1947) and the American Legion Parade (1942)

Page 88, Cranston

Page 88, Cranston

Providence Public Library

Clipping of Mrs. Robert Lippitt Knight at her home on Lippitt Hill

Page 87, Cranston

Page 87, Cranston

Providence Public Library

Three photographs of the Christopher Lippitt House on Lippitt Hill (unclear handwriting in the third photograph)

Page 86, Market Square

Page 86, Market Square

Providence Public Library

Clipping from "Now and Then in R.I." featuring Market Square in the late 19th and mid-20th centuries

Page 86, Cranston

Page 86, Cranston

Providence Public Library

Newspaper clipping depicting interior and furnishings in the Christopher Lippitt House at Lippitt Hill, built in 1735.

Page 86, Bowen Street

Page 86, Bowen Street

Providence Public Library

Images of Dexter Randall (c. 1817) house at 36 Bowen Street and the Dr. Jabez Bowen (c. 1740) house at 39 Bowen Street

Page 85, Providence

Page 85, Providence

Providence Public Library

Image of downtown Providence with labels identifying the First Baptist Church and W.E. Barrett Building

Page 85, Cranston

Page 85, Cranston

Providence Public Library

Postcard of an aeroplane at Narragansett Park and a clipping of an image of a men's reformatory at Howard

Page 84, Thomas Street

Page 84, Thomas Street

Providence Public Library

Clipping of Thomas Street, featuring signage for the Providence Art Club

Page 84, Cranston

Page 84, Cranston

Providence Public Library

Clipping of images of the Pawtuxet Bridge and the grist mill as it looked in 1890 and at the time the photograph was taken.

Page 83, Providence

Page 83, Providence

Providence Public Library

Clippings with northeast view from Planet Street and of downtown Providence

Page 83, Exchange Place

Page 83, Exchange Place

Providence Public Library

Clippings showing details of the bas-relief commemoration of Roger Williams landing on the Rhode Island shore as well as statues of a cavalryman cast in bronze, the sword-wielding woman on the Soldiers and Sailors monument, and a statue called "Industry"

Page 82, Thayer Street

Page 82, Thayer Street

Providence Public Library

Clipping featuring a sketch of the chemical laboratory at Brown University

Page 82, Providence

Page 82, Providence

Providence Public Library

Photograph of downtown Providence, with label pointing out the Arnold Hoffman Building