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 135, Broad Street

Page 135, Broad Street

Providence Public Library

Clipping of a column in the Providence Sunday Journal entitled "Now and Then in R.I." from February 1952 featuring Trinity Square on Broad Street

Page 134, Waterman Street

Page 134, Waterman Street

Providence Public Library

Clippings featuring the medical offices at 207 Waterman Street and the offices of Blackstone Mutual Insurance Company at 229 Waterman Street

Page 134, Harris Avenue

Page 134, Harris Avenue

Providence Public Library

Photograph of Providence Brewing Company building and the Second Presbyterian Church on Harris Avenue

Page 134, Division Street

Page 134, Division Street

Providence Public Library

Photograph of Mawney House, located on Division Street, and a clipping of a photograph of the headquarters of East Greenwich Historical Society, formerly the home of East Greenwich Academy

Page 133, Waterman Street

Page 133, Waterman Street

Providence Public Library

Image of traffic congestion on Waterman Street and clipping announcing the sale of the house at 212 Waterman Street

Page 133, King Street

Page 133, King Street

Providence Public Library

Photographs of the exterior of the home of Dr. Eldredge and a house on King Street

Page 133, Broad Street

Page 133, Broad Street

Providence Public Library

Photographs of 370 Broad Street (with signs pointing the way to Boston, Cape Cod, and Newport in the foreground) and Trinity Church

Page 132, Broad Street

Page 132, Broad Street

Providence Public Library

Photograph of Trinity Church and postcard with an image of St. Joseph's Hospital

Page 131, Waterman Street; Thayer Street

Photographs taken of the corner of Washington and Thayer Streets in 1940, when it was a drugstore, and in 1957, by then converted into the Medical Arts Building

Page 131, Providence

Page 131, Providence

Providence Public Library

Clipping from "Now and Then in R.I." of Providence Harbor c. 1903

Page 131, Grotto Avenue

Page 131, Grotto Avenue

Providence Public Library

Clipping of an architectural drawing of the Sawyer Memorial Ward at Butler Hospital

Page 131, East Greenwich

Page 131, East Greenwich

Providence Public Library

Photograph and excerpt of write-up from "Old Time New England" about the Howland House, built by Clement Weaver.

Page 131, Broad Street

Page 131, Broad Street

Providence Public Library

Clipping dated March 1928 of an architectural drawing of an addition to St. Joseph's Hospital

Page 130, Providence

Page 130, Providence

Providence Public Library

Clipping from "Now and Then in R.I." charting the evolution of Field's Point from the beginning of the twentieth century to the middle

Page 130, Broad Street

Page 130, Broad Street

Providence Public Library

Clipping from April 1960 announcing Dexter Manor, a home for the elderly, billed as a "new addition to the Providence skyline"

Page 13, Providence

Page 13, Providence

Providence Public Library

Clippings and postcards of Roger Williams Park, including the Benedict Monument to music and the boathouse