Keep on the Sunny Side with These Vintage RI Photos
Summer is our happy place — then, now and forever.
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The True sisters of Hope Valley take a dip at Misquamicut Beach, circa 1895 (State Archives/Rhode Island Memories: The Early Years, courtesy of the Coggeshall family).
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Native American elder poses in a headdress and suit for the annual Indian convention, circa 1930s (Avery Lord, via PPL digital collections)
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A young girl uses a branch and string to fish in a Cranston pond, circa 1945 (Karl G. Burdon, via PPL digital collections).
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Boys practice archery at Camp Yawgoog in Hopkinton, circa 1950s (via PPL digital collections).
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A dapper group poses for a photo at their campsite “Dream Land,” 1905 (State Archives).
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Adolescent boys horse around, 1942 (State Archives).
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Girls enjoy ice cream at Rocky Point, circa 1950 (State Archives).
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Gertrude Ward of the Ward Singers performs at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1957 (PPL digital collections).
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A woman fishes off a boat in Point Judith, 1959 (State Archives).
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Visitors gather on the dock at Rocky Point, with amusements in the background, 1890 (PPL digital collections).
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Top prize in a tuna tournament, 1959 (State Archives).
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A couple dances in the moonlight by the water in Newport, 1956 (State Archives).
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A Native American man and woman wear traditional dress in the annual Indian convention, circa 1930s (Avery Lord, via PPL digital collections).
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From the Providence Public Library Digital collections.
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From the Providence Public Library Digital collections.
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From the Providence Public Library Digital collections.
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From the Providence Public Library Digital collections.
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From the Providence Public Library Digital collections.
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From the Providence Public Library Digital collections.
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Photography courtesy of Providence public library’s digital collections, the state archives and quahog.org.
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A family takes in some sun at the beach, circa 1955 (State Archives).
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A beach beauty contest, circa 1955 (PPL digital collections).
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A Scarborough Beach patrolman carries his surfboard, circa 1948 (“Rhode Island Vacation” tourism brochure, via Quahog.org).
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High school students Susan Earnshaw and Leonora Gilson at Bonnet Shores Beach Club in Narragansett, 1954 (State Archives/Rhode Island Memories II: The 1940s and 1950s, courtesy of Leonora Gilson Dursin).
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Children wave from the Warren River, circa 1940 (State Archives).
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A woman poses with a surfboard, circa 1965 (State Archives).
