Image of Zack Terzian wearing a tricorn hat.

Image of two men with an award. Left: Terzian was past president of Gaspee Days; Right: Steakhouse was founder of Gaspee Days

Left: Zack Terzian was chairman of Gaspee Days Committee; Noreen Terzian was the publicity chairperson. Right: unidentified couple.

Zack Terzian was chairman of Gaspee Days Committee; Noreen Terzian was the publicity chairperson

From "The Great Hurricane and Tidal Wave, Rhode Island, September 21, 1938"; captioned: "Pawtuxet... The owners of these cars thought they were safe in their garages and the tidal wave swept away the cars. This group of cars floated for several hours before finally piling up at the foot of Ocean street, near the Rhode Island Yacht Club in Pawtuxet."; photograph by Russell V. Vernet.

Damage and debris from boats after Hurricane Carol.

From "The Great Hurricane and Tidal Wave, Rhode Island, September 21, 1938"; captioned: "Pawtuxet Cove... Three substantial residences once obscured this view of the horizon. It is a view looking down Spring Garden Street in Pawtuxet Cove, across the Cove to the gap on Pawtuxet Neck. The Wind and the water toppled houses like ten pins and carried them off into the Bay." (The house depicted was knocked over by a sailboat); Providence Journal photograph attributed to "RossKam"

Unidentified wooden boat.

Older woman standing at the stairs of a house with a view across her garden to Pawtuxet Cove and the Pawtuxet Neck in the background.

Woman sitting against the lower wall of the western side of the Pawtuxet Bridge by the rocks. The view is looking north along Broad Street.

Looking across Pawtuxet Cove towards Pawtuxet Neck and properties along Seaview Ave. Building in background (right) was a bowling alley owned by the Pettis family

Looking across Pawtuxet Cove towards Pawtuxet Neck and properties along Seaview Ave. Building in background across cove (left) was a bowling alley owned by the Pettis family; the "Mowitza" was previously a tender for a steam yacht

Men stand in Aspray Boat Yard looking at boats in dry dock. View is looking east towards Pawtuxet Cove and across the water to Pawtuxet Neck.

Looking down East View Street and across Pawtuxet Cove towards Pawtuxet Neck.

Image depicting two women in historic costume outside the William Rhodes House, circa 1912; the house was built circa 1800. The house is covered in flowering wisteria. Photograph by David Davidson

Published image of William Rhodes, one of the co-founders of Pawtuxet Bank and a Colonel of the Pawtuxet Rangers; Rhodes was the owner of 141 Post Road, Warwick, R. I. Original image from Elizabeth Arnold Eastwood.

Watercolor painting of houses along Pawtuxet Neck with boats in Pawtuxet Cove.

View along the Pawtuxet River looking east towards Pawtuxet.

View looking north into Pawtuxet Cove showing the coastline and Pawtuxet Neck.

A group of students from Warwick Vocational Technical High School are showing building a gazebo in Pawtuxet Park. A large van is parked nearby.

Photograph of fire station on Commercial Street in Pawtuxet Village in Cranston.

A group of men pose at the top of a ramp with canoes at the Cayuga Canoe Club at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet.

Car parked in driveway at the end of road along the Warwick side of Pawtuxet Village - likely Spring Garden street.

From "The Complete Historical Record of New England's Stricken Area, September 21, 1938"; captioned: "Pawtuxet, R. I.: Shattered cars, most of them far past redemption for repair, were found all over New England on September 22."; photograph by "Shields"

From "The Complete Historical Record of New England's Stricken Area, September 21, 1938"; captioned: "Pawtuxet, R. I.: Another view of the head of the cove with buildings and boats tangled in one big heap of wreckage. The building on the right is a houseboat stranded on the wharf."

Image shows two men standing in front of W.E. Watson's Drug Store on Broad Street in Pawtuxet Village; advertisements for pure drugs, cold soda, and hot soda.

Street view of the traffic island on Post Road in Warwick looking north towards the business area of Pawtuxet Village. The Bank Cafe is on the right.

Destruction of houses and boats on Spring Garden Street after the Hurricane of 1938.

Image shows a fallen tree after the Hurricane of 1954 along the road in front of the William Rhodes House.

Image shows a fallen tree after the Hurricane of 1954 along the road in front of the William Rhodes House.