Woonsocket. Mill Dwellings 1850s

Image shows housing built in the 1850s in the Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The view shows a dirt road forking off a paved road. The visible sides of the buildings may be their rears. There are several clotheslines of laundry strung from the buildings. A sign over a gate to the far right reads "Old Colony Adv. Co."

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Original record: Woonsocket. Mill Dwellings 1850s
Collection: Rhode Island Mills and Mill Villages Photograph Collection
Date(s): 1940
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Creator(s): McCarthy, Joseph E. (Creator)
Subject(s): Clotheslines
Dirt roads
Fences
Fire hydrants
Housing
Signs
Villages
Woonsocket (R.I.)
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Type: Still Image

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