Carolina. Mill Village. Store 1820 Houses 1850

Images shows a store built in 1820 and housing built in 1820 in the mill village of Carolina in Charlestown and Richmond, Rhode Island. The store is on the right and has two signs over the door: "Carolina RI Post Office" and "Chick Burdick" with the words Meats, Groceries, Ice, and Grain on either side of the name. There is an advertisement for Bond Bread on the bottom of the door and on for Guest Bread in the lower right corner of the door frame. Several housing buildings in the background.

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Original record: Carolina. Mill Village. Store 1820 Houses 1850
Collection: Rhode Island Mills and Mill Villages Photograph Collection
Date(s): 1940
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Creator(s): McCarthy, Joseph E. (Creator)
Subject(s): Advertisements
Dirt roads
Grocery stores
Housing
Post offices
Richmond (R.I.)
Richmond, Rhode Island
Stores & shops
Street lights
Trees
Utility poles
Villages
Type: Still Image

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