Photographer/Creator

Chester Smolski

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Date

11-1-1979

Description

A west facing aerial view of Weybosset St. Some of the most visible buildings on the left side of the photo include the Providence Gas Company Building (1924), the Outlet Company (1891), Loews Theater (1928) and Beneficient Congregational Church (1809). Most have been remodeled for other use since this photograph but retain the exteriors and facades of their varied historic uses.

Notes

Bibliography: Jordy, William H, Ronald J. Onorato, and William McKenzie Woodward. Buildings of Rhode Island. Oxford: New York, 2004. 43-44. Print. Woodward, Wm McKenzie and Edward F. Sanderson. "Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historical Resources." Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1986, 243-244.

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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

Keywords

downtown, capital city, aerial, Providence downtown, aerial

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