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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1976.1.P036.06NC |
Title |
Folder 06NC (1976.1.P036.06NC) Not Collection Fire at Blithewold |
Date |
1906 |
Description |
Index for Box 1976.1.P036 BLITHEWOLD I INTERIOR and EXTERIOR c1896 - 1906 Folder 06NC (1976.1.P036.06NC) NOT Collection contains ephemera relating to the1906 fire and destruction of Blithewold I. Includes photos of ruins, news articles, clippings, related documents, essays. Photo numbers listed below begin with 1976.1.P036.06NC. Photo#Photo Description 01a Photographic copy of Newspaper photo, June 4th,1906 fire at first Blithewold mansion on Ferry Road. 01b Large, matted photographic copy of above 02Newspaper photo showing firefighters and residents on lawn, watching the mansion burn. Furnishings removed from the mansion sit on the lawn. Photographic copy. Photo in "Blithewold" by Alice DeWolf Pardee, p.69. 03Newspaper photo showing closeup of crowd on the lawn, watching the fire. Mr. and Mrs. Mckee in center. Photographic copy. 04Newspaper photo showing Parade at the 1910 Fourth of July parade in 1910. Behind firemen, from the King Philip Steam Fire Engine Company No. 1, marching, a steamer engine is being pulled by a pair of horses. This engine "played an active role in the futile attempt to save Blithewold Mansion in 1906." Photographic copy. 05Newspaper photo showing the Bristol's first steam engine, manufactured by Cole Brothers of Pawtucket. The photo was taken in front of the King Philip Steam Fire Engine Company No. 1 on Thames Street, ca1885. Photographic copy. 06"Hydraulion" fire water tank on wheels. Meant to be pulled by horses. It is thought to be used to fight fire at Blithewold I. This piece of equipment is still in existence and is stored at the Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company Number 1 in Bristol. The Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company Number 1 was first organized on May 11, 1836, during a town meeting. The company was formally organized on July 22, 1843. On November 13, 1988, the fire company moved to its present location at the corner of Annawamscutt Drive and Metacom Avenue. https://www.bristolri.gov/234/Fire-Stations 07Quotes about the fire from various sources including Alice DeWolfe Pardee in her book "Blithewold", Estelle Clements Diary, Bristol Phoenix, and more. 08"Fire at Blithewold" essay written by M. Whitehead, Blithewold curator 09Four miscellaneous photos copied on one sheet of paper. Low resolution photocopy. Photos are different from others that we have. No info on originals. Photos .02 and 03 appear to be the same, just flipped horizontally. #03 is the correct version. 10Four additional miscellaneous photos copied on a sheet of paper. Low res photocopy. *NC indicates Not Collection |
Condition |
Not Rated |
Caption |
1976.1.p036.06nc.01a Copy-news Photo |
Associated with |
Two Blithewold Mansions |
Search Terms |
Photograph Blithewold I Exterior Fire |
Number of images |
10 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |