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OVP L13
GUSN-221716
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, mounted ; 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
exterior views
dwellings
houses
photographs
photographic prints
gelatin silver prints
Houses on Ruggles Avenue
Newport, Rhode Island. (handwritten)
House on Ruggles Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
Ruggles Avenue was so named for Hon. Nathaniel Sprague Ruggles, 1789-1847, whose house was on Thames Street (facing the water) when that street was the chief residential section of Newport.
There is more material on this Avenue in the smaller file.
Gift of Henry S. Ruggles
25-Jan 1924 (handwritten)
From
Henry Stoddard Ruggles
Wakefield, Mass. (printed)
Oversize photograph number OVP0253-A
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, mounted ; 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
PC001
General photographic collection
1924-01-25
PC001.01.TMP.253-A
Gift
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 (HxW)(inches)
Newport (Rhode Island island, Newport county, Rhode Island)
photographs
photographic prints
gelatin silver prints
Ruggles Avenue (Newport, R.I.)
Heavy scratches across recto and recto of mount; top edge of mount chipped with small pieces missing.
Item
OVP L13
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