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Description:: Call for household lighting on Wednesday, Oct. 6, along route of torchlight procession of the Young Republican Battalion and other organizations, to be reviewed by …
Year:: 1880
Contributor:: Danielson, George W. (creator)
Genre:: broadsides
Subject:: Parades > Rhode Island > Providence; United States > Rhode Island > Providence
Local ID:: RB680 1880
Collection:: Brown University Library; Rider Broadsides

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"Him that cometh unto Me, I will in no wise cast out."

Description:

Printed on red and black on heavy paper within double-line red border with fleur-de-lis ornaments at corners and centers.
Place of publication suggested because Brown …

Contributor:

Lawton, John F. P. (publisher)

Rider, Sidney S. (Sidney Smith), 1833-1917 (inscriber)

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

Church etiquette

Conduct of life

United States > Rhode Island > Providence

Local ID:

RB1363 188-

Collection:

Brown University Library

Rider Broadsides

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"Out of work"

Description:

Cover title.
Contains on page [2] form to be sent to league secretary J. F. Smith, for signatures of those who approve of state employment …

Year:

1890

Contributor:

Smith, John Francis. (creator)

Rhode Island State Employment Assurance League (creator)

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

Rhode Island State Employment Assurance League > Platforms

Unemployment > Rhode Island

Public service employment > Rhode Island

United States > Politics and government > 1893-1897

United States > Rhode Island > Oak Lawn

Local ID:

HB1275 189-

Collection:

Brown University Library

Rider Broadsides

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The "Story of Ireland.": Enlarged and improved edition!

Description:: Prospectus for new edition of The story of Ireland by Alexander M. Sullivan with continuation by James Luby.
Year:: 1884
Contributor:: McElroy, Henry. (publisher)
Genre:: broadsides
Subject:: Sullivan, A. M. (Alexander Martin) > 1830-1884; O'Neill, Owen Roe > 1590?-1649 > Portraits; Wood-engraving, American > 19th century; Ireland > History; United States > Rhode Island > Providence
Local ID:: RB838 1884?w
Collection:: Brown University Library; Rider Broadsides

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"What Cheer"

Description:

Roger Williams in boat with five other men being greeted by four male Indians on rock

Year:

1852

Contributor:

Thompson, John Clifford, 1828 or 1829-1894 (creator)

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

Williams, Roger > 1604-1683

Indians of North America > War of 1812

Local ID:

2-ZZ R43mi Rider #26

Collection:

Brown University Library

Rider Broadsides

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$10,000 a year!: made by the Grecian-Egyptian method of painting, taught in one lesson

Description:

Advertises painting lessons given by mail; includes testimonials dated in February 1884.
First line: The Grecian-Egyptian method is entirely different from anything that has been …

Year:

1884

Contributor:

Grecian-Egyptian Art Company (creator)

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

Painting > Study and teaching

Correspondence schools and courses > Rhode Island

Providence (R.I.) > Correspondence schools and courses

Local ID:

RB1004 1884

Collection:

Brown University Library

Rider Broadsides

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$200 reward!

Description:: Announcement of $200 reward for return of painting on ivory, Malbone's "Hours," and "suitable" rewards for return of three oil portraits, all stolen Aug. 15, …
Year:: 1881
Contributor:: Gammell, William, 1812-1889 (creator); Providence Athenaeum (creator)
Genre:: broadsides
Subject:: Malbone, Edward Greene > 1777-1807; Providence Athenaeum.; Art thefts > Rhode Island > Providence; Wood-engraving, American > 19th century; United States > Rhode Island > Providence
Local ID:: RB597 1881
Collection:: Brown University Library; Rider Broadsides

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$37,000 in stakes and purses

Description:: Information about prices and conditions for trotting and pacing races at fair at Narragansett Park.
Year:: 1893
Contributor:: Rhode Island State Fair Association (creator)
Genre:: broadsides
Subject:: Racetracks (Horse racing) > Rhode Island; Horse racing > Rhode Island; Agricultural exhibitions > Rhode Island; United States > Rhode Island > Cranston
Local ID:: HB1312 1893
Collection:: Brown University Library; Rider Broadsides

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$5 reward!: in greenbacks or other paper currency!

Description:

Within border of type ornaments.
Offers reward for white poodle named Beauty of the Woods belonging to French vice consul at Providence, stolen Nov. 5, …

Year:

1863

Contributor:

Fauvel Gouraud, J. B. G. (creator)

Greene, Henry. (creator)

A. Crawford Greene & Son (publisher)

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

n-us-ri

Dogs

Theft

United States > Rhode Island > Providence

Local ID:

RB344 1863.11

Collection:

Brown University Library

Rider Broadsides

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100 dollars reward

Description:

Printed area: 18 x 22 cm.
Double lines beneath title.
Announces reward for information leading to conviction of participants in riot of Sept. 21, 1831, …

Year:

1831

Contributor:

Field, Richard M.

Genre:

broadsides (notices)

Subject:

n-us-ri

African Americans > Crimes against

Riots > Rhode Island > Providence

Providence (R.I.) > Riot, 1831

Providence (R.I.) > History

Providence (R.I.) > Race relations

Rhode Island > History > 1775-1865 > Sources

Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1775-1865 > Sources

United States > Rhode Island > Providence

Local ID:

Collection:

Brown University Library

Rider Broadsides

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104th anniversary American independence: Municipal collation

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Description:: Includes bill of fare for meal at Opera House on July 5, 1880 and list of committee members, including two aldermen and two councilmen.
Year:: 1880
Genre:: broadsides
Subject:: Fourth of July celebrations > Rhode Island > Newport; Dinners and dining > Rhode Island > Newport; United States > Rhode Island > Newport
Local ID:: RB392 1880
Collection:: Brown University Library; Rider Broadsides

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1636. 1886. Printed by O.A. Carleton & Co., proprietors, What Cheer Printing House, Nos. 129 and 131 Eddy Street, Providence, R.I: on a hand press of the style used in the days of Roger Williams; in the Trades Procession, June 24, 1886, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Providence Plantations

Description:

Entire text transcribed.

Year:

1886

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

Parades > Rhode Island > Providence

Providence (R.I.) > Anniversaries, etc

United States > Rhode Island > Providence

Local ID:

RB862 1886

Collection:

Brown University Library

Rider Broadsides

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1650. The Maturin Ballou homestead. 1886

Description:: Recounts history of house in Providence built by Maturin Ballou in 1650 and demolished in 1886.
Year:: 1895
Contributor:: A. H. (creator)
Genre:: broadsides
Subject:: Dwellings > Rhode Island > Providence; Wood-engraving, American > 19th century; Ballou, Maturin > approximately 1610-approximately 1661; United States > Rhode Island > Providence
Local ID:: RB905 1895
Collection:: Brown University Library; Rider Broadsides

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1650. The Maturin Ballou homestead. 1886

Description:: Recounts history of house in Providence built by Maturin Ballou in 1650 and demolished in 1886.
Year:: 1895
Contributor:: A. H. (creator)
Genre:: broadsides
Subject:: Dwellings > Rhode Island > Providence; Wood-engraving, American > 19th century; Ballou, Maturin > approximately 1610-approximately 1661; United States > Rhode Island > Providence
Local ID:: RB905 1895
Collection:: Brown University Library; Rider Broadsides

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1657. The Thomas Arnold homestead. 1873

Description:: Information about house built by Thomas Arnold, who came to Providence from Watertown, Mass., in 1655.
Year:: 1895
Contributor:: A. H. (creator)
Subject:: Arnold, Thomas > -1674; Buildings > Rhode Island > Providence; Wood-engraving, American > 19th century; Providence (R.I.) > History; United States > Rhode Island > Providence
Local ID:: RB906 1895
Collection:: Brown University Library; Rider Broadsides

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1776. Centennial Steamboat Co. 1876

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Description:: Ticket for steamboat excursion from Fox Point in Providence through Newport Harbor and back on May 31, 1876.
Year:: 1876
Contributor:: Centennial Steamboat Co (creator)
Genre:: broadsides
Subject:: Excursion boats > Rhode Island; United States > Rhode Island > Providence
Local ID:: RB366 1876
Collection:: Brown University Library; Rider Broadsides

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1776. Rhode Island at The Centennial 1876

Description:: Letter discusses Board of Education's plans for an exhibit at the centennial exhibition in 1876.
Year:: 1875
Contributor:: Leach, Daniel, 1806-1891 (creator); Stockwell, Thomas B. (Thomas Blanchard), 1839-1906 (creator)
Genre:: broadsides
Subject:: Centennial Exhibition (1876: Philadelphia, Pa.); Education > Rhode Island; United States > Rhode Island > Providence
Local ID:: RB
Collection:: Brown University Library; Rider Broadsides

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1781 Yorktown 1881: State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Providence, Oct. 26th, 1881

Description:

Printed area measures: 17.7 x 16.8 cm.
Invitation to steamboat excursion to and reception in Newport, R.I., for representatives from France returning from the centennial …

Year:

1881

Contributor:

Sheffield, William P. (creator)

Metcalf, Henry Brewer, 1829-1904 (creator)

Rhode Island (creator)

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

n-us-ri

Visitors, Foreign > Rhode Island > Newport

Rhode Island > Visitors, Foreign

Yorktown (Va.) > History > Siege, 1781 > Centennial celebrations, etc

United States > Rhode Island > Providence

Local ID:

RB354 1881

Collection:

Brown University Library

Rider Broadsides

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