Old Mill Lawton's Valley, Newport, Rhode Island, Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1870s

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Date

1870s

GUSN

GUSN-266113

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Printing
Etching and engraving
Printing - Etching and engraving - Folder 3
Old Mill Lawton's Valley, Newport, Rhode Island, Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1870s
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Printing
    - Etching and engraving
      - Printing - Etching and engraving - Folder 3
        Engraving of a cockatoo sitting on a tree branch, location unknown, undated
        Sample card for John A. Lowell & Co., Boston, Mass., 1879
        Sample card for John A. Lowell & Co., Boston, Mass., undated
        Sample card for Robinson Eng. Co., Boston, Mass., 1882
        Sample card for 5 Washington Street, Malden, Mass., undated
        Sample card for Robinson Eng. Co., Boston, Mass., 1881
        Sample card for T.H. Brackett & Co., Boston, Mass., undated
        Sample card of two women in the woods, location unknown, undated
        Sample card of a couple embracing, location unknown, undated
        Sample card for Robinson Eng. Co., Boston, Mass., 1882
        Sample card for Robinson Eng. Co., Boston, Mass., 1882
        Label for an unidentified commercial building, location unknown, undated
        Beach, Newport, Rhode Island, Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, England, 1870s
        Boathouse landing, Newport, Rhode Island, Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, England, 1870s
        Glen, Newport, Rhode Island, Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, England, 1870s
        Old Mill Lawton's Valley, Newport, Rhode Island, Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1870s (current record)
        Old Stone Mill, Newport, Rhode Island, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1870s
        Pond, Lawton's Valley, Newport, Rhode Island, Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, England, 1870s
        Redwood Library, Newport, Rhode Island, Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, England, 1870s
        Family group with flower borders, location unknown, undated
        Framed mirror, location unknown, undated
        Family group, location unknown, October 1874
        Sample sheet, location unknown, undated
        Sample sheet, location unknown, undated
        Sample sheet, birds on a tree branch, H.S. Blanchard, Quincy, Illinois, undated
        Sample sheet, birds on a horsehoe, H.S. Blanchard, Quincy, Illinois, undated
        Sample sheet, bird on a branch, H.S. Blanchard, Quincy, Illinois, undated
        Sample sheet, eagle with banner, H.S. Blanchard, Quincy, Illinois, undated
        Sample sheet, winged child figure riding a horse, H.S. Blanchard, Quincy, Illinois, undated
        Sample sheet, hand holding a fan, H.S. Blanchard, Quincy, Illinois, undated
        Sample sheet, bird sitting on a scroll, H.S. Blanchard, Quincy, Illinois, undated
        Sample sheet, bird above a banner, H.S. Blanchard, Quincy, Illinois, undated
        Sample sheet, peacock, H.S. Blanchard, Quincy, Illinois, undated
        Advertisement for L.J. Knowles & Brother, manufacturers of L.J. Knowles' Patent Fancy Loom, Worcester, Mass., undated
        Sample card for A.W. Robinson, Boston, Mass., 1880

Description

People walk by the mill building in Lawton's Valley, Rhode Island. Social reformer and poet Julia Ward Howe built a home on the Old Mill site.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
printing (process)
mills (buildings)
women (female humans)
poets
reformers
plates (illustrations)

Physical Description

1 plate ; 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.094.02.03.016

Image Dimensions

4 1/4 x 6 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Greg Smart, 2001.

Places

Newport (Rhode Island island, Newport county, Rhode Island)
Lawton Valley (Newport county, Rhode Island) [valley]
South Portsmouth (Newport county, Rhode Island)
London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom)

Record Details

Material Type

plates (illustrations)

Other People

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1870s). Views of Newport, R.I. and the neighbourhood. London, England: Thomas Nelson & Sons.

Description Level

Item

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