Newport. Perry Mill 1835

Image shows Perry Mill built 1835 in Newport, Rhode Island. The first floor has been converted into storefronts. The storefront on the right is occupied by Metropolitan Laundry & Dry Cleaning. There are signs advertising the business in two windows, above the door, and mounted to the building high above the storefront. A bicycle is parked in the bottom right corner of the photo. In the center of the building's facade, there is a marble stone engraved with "Perry Cotton ManG Co Erected 1835". There is a large half-circle window at the top of the facade.

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Original record: Newport. Perry Mill 1835
Collection: Rhode Island Mills and Mill Villages Photograph Collection
Date(s): 1940
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Creator(s): McCarthy, Joseph E. (Creator)
Subject(s): Architectural elements
Bicycles & tricycles
Fire escapes
Laundries (Commercial establishments)
Mills
Newport
Newport (R.I.)
Newport, Rhode Island
Stone buildings
Storefronts
Windows
Type: Still Image

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