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Historical Advertising:
The Gold Rush, 1375 Atwood Avenue. From the Providence Sunday Journal, February 20, 1972.
From Images of America: Johnston (1997):
“The Manton School is shown in the early 20th century on Greenville Ave. just west of Killingly St. Its large size shows how much the village had grown. In the '70s the building housed the town school administration offices. It was demolished after that.“
Historical Advertising:
Kimberley’s Lounge, 200 George Waterman Road. Previously the address of DeLuca’s Restaurant (c1985), Wild West Saloon (c1999), Taylor’s Dugout (c2017), Blazing Repair Shop (c2019), and Continental Engineering.
From the Providence Journal, November 21, 1975.
JHS Acquisitions and Items from our Collections:
This photo of Walter Roy Tourtellot was taken in June 1893, when he was 18 years old. We see his name on the page below from the 1893 Johnston High School graduation program.
From Images of America: Johnston (1997):
“This c. 1912 photograph shows students of the Lincoln School, located on Greenville Avenue just west of where George Waterman Avenue begins. The building is now gone. (Photograph courtesy of Herb Newman.)“
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Quahog Museum: Glass Bottles:
Small cream bottle from J. Cunetta Dairy, 1596 Hartford Avenue, Johnston. Cunetta sold his herd of sixty-five Holsteins, Guernseys, and Ayrshires in 1947. ”Reason for selling out, due to illness.”
JHS Speakers:
May 28, 2025: John McNiff as Roger Williams, making the case for separation of church and state, and liberty of conscience.
JHS Acquisitions and Items from our Collections:
Our museum display honoring Private Emery O’ Picotte.
Historical Advertising:
Flicks, 1375 Atwood Avenue.
From the Providence Journal-Bulletin Weekend, January 12, 1974.
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The three Hose Co. #3 fireman (in white shirts) are, from left to right, Charlie Quinn, George McElroy, and Paul Jacques.“
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From Images of America: Johnston (1997):
“Another view of the same [c1935] parade shows the Joseph Newman House on the right at the corner of Bucklin Avenue. The policeman in front is Tom Kennedy and the World War I veteran to his left is Emilio Ferranti...
JHS Acquisitions and Items from our Collections:
Alcide Houle donated this 1908 William Howard Taft/James Sherman key/watch fob that he found while metal detecting on the Johnston Memorial Park Nature Trail.
"...The members of the group in the center are either sea scouts or sea cadets.“
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From Images of America: Johnston (1997):
“This c1935 photograph shows a parade put on by Manton Hose Co. #3 heading east on Greenville Avenue. The two-story building in the center housed the First National Store, and the Manton Baptist Church shows in the distance...
Our next general meeting will be Sunday, February 23, 2024, at 2pm, 101 Putnam Pike, Johnston, RI.
Special Sunday meeting. Barbara Silliman, a teacher at URI, RIC, and PC will speak about the Holocaust.
Free and open to the public.
Historical Advertising:
The New Count’s Lounge, 1889 Plainfield Pike.
From the Providence Journal, March 23, 1963.
From Images of America: Johnston (1997):
“This 1930 photograph shows the Prophet Spring Water Co. at the corner of Greenville Avenue & Spring Hill Avenue. William MacMillan ran the business. (Photograph courtesy of MacMillan family.)“
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JHS Acquisitions and Items from our Collections:
Broadside advertisement for a real estate auction of 199 Greenville Avenue on August 10, 1938. Donated by Christopher Martin.
At some point they were running dairies separately under the names A.J. Newman and W.C. Newman. (Photograph courtesy of Herb Newman.)“
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From Images of America: Johnston (1997):
“Walter Newman is the driver of the delivery wagon for the Newman Brothers' Dairy. Clint Nickerson, a neighborhood boy, stands with him. Walter and Arthur Newman, sons of Joseph Newman, ran the dairy together in the early twentieth century. 1/2
Historical Advertising:
Crown Beauty Supply, 1478 Atwood Avenue.
From the Observer, April 8, 1965.
From Images of America: Johnston (1997):
“Haying about 1913 on the Newman Farm off Greenville Avenue is Otto Newman with his son Wilton. The house on the right is on Osgood Avenue. Otto never ran the farm. (Photograph courtesy of Herb Newman.)“
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