Backyard
Providence Public Library
Image of a path along the side of a house, through a backyard.
James N. Arnold image collection
This collection contains over 1100 glass plate negatives and 201 print photographs created by and/or collected by James N. Arnold. Arnold's professional work as a historian and writer began in earnest in the 1880s. Arnold traveled throughout Rhode Island collecting and transcribing local church records, pension rolls, burial records and town papers. The images in the collection depict scenes across Rhode Island including beaches, farms and landscapes as well as activities and community events such as ice skating, parades, football games and community gardens.
This collection is part of Providence Public Library Digital Collections, hosted by Providence Public Library.
Items in this collection
Automobile
Providence Public Library
Image shows a detail of a Ford car on a snowy street. A hand reaches from out of frame through the front driver's side wheel and points at the car's front axle.
Automobile
Providence Public Library
Image shows a detail of an automobile. The detail shows the drivers side rear wheel. "Purizone" is printed on the back of the car.
Automobile
Providence Public Library
Image shows a detail of a Ford car on a street. The image shows the drivers side wheel, axle and headlight.
Automobile
Providence Public Library
Image shows a detail of a Ford car on a street. The image shows the drivers side wheel, axle and headlight.
Automobile
Providence Public Library
Image shows a detail of an automobile. The detail shows the drivers side rear wheel. "Purizone" is printed on the back of the car.
Artist's studio
Providence Public Library
Image shows an interior view of an artist's room. A portrait painting sits on an easel next to a fireplace. A vase of paint brushes sit next to a portrait painting on the floor at the base of the easel. Portrait paints are hung on the walls around the room. A portfolio with loose papers lean against the wall. A wooden chair is placed on the right side of the fireplace. A bow and arrows hang above the fireplace. Vases, pots and reliefs are on display on the mantel. A fur rug lays in front of the fireplace.
Arnold Spring
Providence Public Library
Image shows a wooden box on a rock, at Arnold Spring. A bridge connects the rock to the land in foreground. Large rocks are in the background. A reproduction of this image is found in the Rhode Island Photograph Collection, VM013_FIC0654.
Anthony Potter house, Cranston
Providence Public Library
Image of the Anthony Potter house in Cranston showing a house with clapboard siding and a large porch seen along a small road surrounded by brush. Note reads "Anthony Potter house, Cranston. Opp Sg. Burton house."
A couple at the edge of a lake
Providence Public Library
An image of a man and woman at the edge of a lake, or other body of water. The man may be fishing. Woods surrounds the water.