This is the grave of James DeWolf. Born in 1764 in Bristol, Rhode Island, DeWolf grew up in the shipping world of that city, which was one of the biggest.
On January 23, 1922, the United Textile Workers led between 70,000 and 85,000 workers out on strike, protesting the continued exploitative reality of work in the apparel factories. This was.
On June 3, 1824, the Pawtucket, Rhode Island factory strike, one of the first strikes in American history, ended. This is a great entry point into the difficulties of labor.
This is the grave of Nelson Aldrich. Born in 1841 in Foster, Rhode Island, Aldrich came from a family with long connections to the New England colonial elite, but which.
This is the grave of T.F. Green. Born in 1867 in Providence, Rhode Island, Theodore Francis Green grew up pretty well off. His father was a prominent lawyer. Green went.
This one was kind of fun for me. It's a compilation of early film footage from Providence in the 1910s and 1920 that the Rhode Island Historical Society stitched together..
This 1947 travel film about Rhode Island is....something. Kinda boring. Kinda interesting for the footage. Kinda offensive in the statement that Rhode Island has no history before white settlement. Kinda.
It's a landmark number in the film series. Plus I've never really paid attention to Rhode Island in this thing. So let's check out this 1921 urban booster film of.
