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Center Announcement Event Event celebrating the announcement of the Center at the Towers in Narragansett October 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1485882684566-TZ880WZZAB3YEA6NSCRA/20161026_183645.jpg Past Programs and Events - 2016 "Palisades Mill: From Wool to Whalers's" Program speakers, including the owners of the Palisades Mill and Whaler's Brewing Company, explored the mill's history, its redevelopment and plans for the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1485882815993-7A5IKPHGJ3SG6P1174D5/20161020_191917.jpg Past Programs and Events - Lanterns & Legends Tours Offered each October, the Center's Lanterns & Legends Tours explore some of South County's creepiest history and take place in the historic Old Washington County Jail at night with minimal light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1463610232961-CGV9BACJL0XP74BNH9HZ/12140576_1765026040391638_4759355200101761409_n.jpg Past Programs and Events - 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Mars, Jr. Photograph Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1504032326036-GQHFG2QZUI5MTAZRT0ZP/Original+Kenyons.JPG Kenneth T. Mars, Jr. Photograph Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1504032333736-2C9JEMV1RCNM0JWM7VMY/Perry+Place.JPG Kenneth T. Mars, Jr. Photograph Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1504031848760-SE9GQUQTJMTKEAO30Q53/Wakefield+Branch.JPG Kenneth T. Mars, Jr. Photograph Collection http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/finding-aids daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1650291637566-VX8O7B5SWLRRGAZ1FI6V/12729250_1809892632571645_3353616477852519355_n.jpg Finding Aids & Collection Guides http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/mural-exhibit-intro daily 0.75 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1599765775446-46NQPUWUAUQ9FPR4WTY0/SF2+2014.jpg "Economic Activities in the Days of of the Narragansett Planters" The Mural Exhibit at the South COunty History Center in 2014, virtually unchanged since its 2003 installation. The exhibit was deinstalled in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1537465216519-I5WL7XGWMFAA2CJL7L7R/RICH_logomark-4c.jpg "Economic Activities in the Days of of the Narragansett Planters" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617755763453-GRABGYN94DYX0MX163K2/Baker_Photo_Mural_002.jpg "Economic Activities in the Days of of the Narragansett Planters" http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/ernest-hamlin-baker daily 0.75 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617041812002-AUTVKOC066V3AX79HM0S/Baker_WWI_PropagandaPoster.jpg Ernest Hamlin Baker A propaganda poster illustrated by Baker during World War I. prints and photographs division, Library of congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617040834448-1CDF9Q1K1508R8769FOD/BakerMural_LakePlacid1912_02.jpg Ernest Hamlin Baker A view of a dock on Lake Placid in 1912. Ernest worked as a boatman and Ernestine as a waitress at an inn on Lake Placid during the summer of 1912. panoramic photograph collection, Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1616611817308-VU9EAYOCEH2KNHQWYMNL/RICHColorLogo-web.jpg Ernest Hamlin Baker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617043494007-DPN5YQHOFZCS0HEWQP6R/Baker_Portrait.jpg Ernest Hamlin Baker Baker, c. 1940, with fine paintbrush and magnifying glass, illustrating a cover of Time magazine in his signature photo-realistic, hyper-detailed style. Baker Collection, south county history center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617040787772-IJ5SEKXGM8IH3HLKGY28/Baker_ColgateYearbook_1908.jpg Ernest Hamlin Baker One of dozens (and possibly hundreds) of Baker’s illustrations for his college yearbook. Baker was developing his detailed style, influenced by editorial cartoonist Thomas Nast. Salmagundi (yearbook), Colgate University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617672069293-Q49WTKTEYUQLDZDFT5HU/Baker_Photo_Painting_006.jpg Ernest Hamlin Baker Ernestine Pendorf Baker, Ernest Hamlin Baker’s wife. Ernestine was a graduate of Syracuse University 1914 and sometimes served as a business partner on Ernest’s commissions. Baker Collection, South County History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617040172637-52EO78LDFL1JM1VR85PW/OBJ+Datastream.jpg Ernest Hamlin Baker Ernest Hamlin Baker, aged 24, then a Junior at Colgate University. 1913 Salmagundi (yearbook), Colgate University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617042889677-I17F5BSWM1HNLLV3K4H9/Fortune_1935-10_Baker.jpg Ernest Hamlin Baker A 1935 Fortune magazine cover illustrated by Ernest Hamlin Baker. Baker experimented with different modernist styles in the 11 covers he illustrated for the magazine. baker Collection, South COunty History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617116884529-RQPM7KPOD17TIEANLE7E/Henry_Luce_1954.jpg Ernest Hamlin Baker Henry Luce, an American publishing magnate of the first half of the 20th century. Luce published Fortune and Time magazines, which employed Baker for most of his career. prints and photographs division, Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617755763453-GRABGYN94DYX0MX163K2/Baker_Photo_Mural_002.jpg Ernest Hamlin Baker http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/great-depression-new-deal daily 0.75 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617119620355-BIF82962Z3ON79WYI6F8/WPA_Poster.jpg Great Depression & New Deal Federal relief and work programs during the New Deal touched almost every aspect of American society. One of the most recognizable: stylishly designed posters promoting everything from tourist destinations, to public health messages, and military recruitment. federal art project, 1936, library of congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1616611817308-VU9EAYOCEH2KNHQWYMNL/RICHColorLogo-web.jpg Great Depression & New Deal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617124186896-OOZTFERT16AOMVIUBCB0/IMG_4894.jpg Great Depression & New Deal Can you spot the plaques in your town? In Rhode Island alone, there are 139 “Built by the Works Progress Administration” plaques. Check out where the closest one to you is through the Living New Deal project. kingston, RI sidewalk, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617294166303-54LNT7397SIB5TU6QJXF/SCH_Auxiliary_ProJo_1933.jpg Great Depression & New Deal The Depression put pressure on the finances of South County Hospital. In response, local women organized the Hospital Auxiliary, to volunteer on-site, collect supplies, and conduct fundraisers for the hospital. The Auxiliary continues this important work today. Providence Journal, 1933. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617125156375-UAT5RAFU1CI58BG39241/BakerMural_NewDeal_ScarboroughBeach_postcard.jpg Great Depression & New Deal The Scarborough State Beach Bathing Pavilion in Narragansett, Rhode Island, as it appeared after its construction in 1937. The facility has been updated and still serves Rhode Islanders today. TIChnor Brothers Collection, Boston Public Library, c. 1940. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617828853647-FZNDUF05UY14ZVO7ACD3/Screen+Shot+2021-04-07+at+4.47.22+PM.png Great Depression & New Deal LINE FOR EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDENCE, 1938. Providence Journal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617125442112-NKW07BCCNM5DWYILFSJZ/WakefieldPostOffice_1936.jpg Great Depression & New Deal The old post office in Wakefield, Rhode Island, where Baker’s mural The Economic Activities of the Narragansett Planters was originally displayed. Completed in 1936, the post office was closed in 1999 and is now privately owned. courtesy mitzi gates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617125319332-YOCG7PM1FS2BN99CU8L5/BakerMural_eleanorroosevelthall.JPG Great Depression & New Deal Eleanor Roosevelt Hall on the Campus of the university of Rhode Island, which was built in 1936 and dedicated in 1938 by the First Lady herself. University archives, university of rhode island, c. 1940. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617755763453-GRABGYN94DYX0MX163K2/Baker_Photo_Mural_002.jpg Great Depression & New Deal http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/mural-commission-research daily 0.75 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617149155720-FPKSZUZ606Y9JYJDP6VF/Baker_Sketch_001.jpg Baker's Commission & Research Baker’s first concept sketch for the Wakefield post office mural, 1937. Baker’s initial depiction of the “picturesque” lifestyle of the Narragansett Planters reflects popular histories he learned about on his visits to southern Rhode Island. Baker Collection, South County History center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617147768390-B143THBUFXKXWK1UFQ6Z/Correspondence_Baker_WakefieldMural_Excerpt_1937-02-14.jpg Baker's Commission & Research A 1937 letter from Ernest Hamlin Baker to Inslee Hopper, regional Section director, acknowledging his reassignment from the Natick post office to the Wakefield post office. Records of the Public Buildings Service, 1801 - 2000, national archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617148294167-AISD8RP5Y5P5Q4ET3XIQ/SouthCountyMuseum_1930s.jpg Baker's Commission & Research The South County Museum, established in 1933 and originally located in North Kingstown, is one place baker may have visited to learn about southern Rhode Island history. DIgital Collections, providence public library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617151193760-X210HWP6D3FUJP7ODU3X/TercentenaryMap_1936%28sm%29.jpg Baker's Commission & Research A 1936 illustrated map of Rhode Island marking historic sites produced by Rhode Island’s Tercentenary Commission. South County History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617294486836-0QC0SS8LYGSIR2OAR02T/RobinsonHouse_1932.jpg Baker's Commission & Research The historic Robinson plantation house in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, was significant AS both local folklore and as a site of enslavement during the 18th century. Initially, Baker depicted both of these themes in his mural concept sketches. The house is now a private residence. From “old houses in the south county of rhode island,” 1932, South COunty History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1616611817308-VU9EAYOCEH2KNHQWYMNL/RICHColorLogo-web.jpg Baker's Commission & Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617755763453-GRABGYN94DYX0MX163K2/Baker_Photo_Mural_002.jpg Baker's Commission & Research http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/slavery-southern-rhode-island daily 0.75 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617654025651-DQC1M9RKRMQNW7JJHPX8/RobinsonInventory_SKColonialRecords_1712.jpg Slavery in Southern Rhode Island An excerpt from the inventory of Rowland Robinson’s estate, 1712/13 from South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The wills of plantation owners are some of the few forms of direct documentation of slavery in southern Rhode Island. Salve Regina University’s digitization project, Documenting Slavery, has made these documents available online. Town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617152453654-GRUHT5I30PGP1UWDRDOB/Miller_TheNarragansettPlanters_1933.jpg Slavery in Southern Rhode Island the narragansett Planters by william davis miller, published as an individual volume in 1935. Miller’s work would have been the most current work that baker read to learn about the history of slavery in rhode island. reprinted from the proceedings of the American antiquarian society, 1935. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617294300197-TEET020IHI6R2PRKYHUB/Glebe_1932.jpg Slavery in Southern Rhode Island The Glebe, the main house on a large farm once belonging to the Reverend James MacSparran, who enslaved several people. Macsparran’s diary is one of the few firsthand accounts of slavery in southern Rhode Island. From “Old Houses in the South County of Rhode Island,” 1932, South County History Center Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1616611817308-VU9EAYOCEH2KNHQWYMNL/RICHColorLogo-web.jpg Slavery in Southern Rhode Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617151452841-IZOLAGDSAZNFJ7RW7M5O/DockrayHouse_JohnnyCakePapersIllustration.jpg Slavery in Southern Rhode Island An illustration of the Dockray House from the Johnny-cake Papers, the collected writings of Thomas Robinson Hazard (“Shepherd Tom”), which was a popular work about local history of South Kingstown. Illustration by Rudolph Ruzicka, 1915. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617152754591-WX6J3CDD1APD8LX0B399/HenryJohnson_1936_WPASlaveNarratives.jpg Slavery in Southern Rhode Island Henry Johnson, a formerly enslaved man, interviewed and photographed for the Slave Narrative WPA Writer’s Project in 1936. Johnson was born in Virginia in 1834; after emancipation, he moved north to New York, then eventually settled in Burrillville, Rhode Island, where this picture was taken. WPA writers interviewed thousands of formerly enslaved people, creating an invaluable document of first hand experiences of enslavement in the United States. wpa slave narrative writers project, library of congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617294235008-BQ39E3O2S6J8HDER2NMA/HazardHoxieHouse_1932.jpg Slavery in Southern Rhode Island An ell of the former Hazard Hoxie House, once part of the Sheffield Farm in Charlestown, Rhode Island, that served as sleeping quarters for enslaved people and as a cheese storage house. Unlike in Southern colonies, enslaved people in southern Rhode Island had sleeping quarters in kitchens, attics, and other areas within plantation houses. This structure was still standing when Baker visited Rhode Island. From “Old Houses in the South County of Rhode Island,” 1932, South County History Center Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617755763453-GRABGYN94DYX0MX163K2/Baker_Photo_Mural_002.jpg Slavery in Southern Rhode Island http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/artistic-process-choices daily 0.75 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617305973305-GY2TDHBAZ7JVZA0TXITG/Baker_Sketch_003.jpg Baker's Artistic Process - Redesigned Concept Sketch Baker’s first sketch of his redesigned composition for the mural. The finalized mural closely matches all elements depicted in his new design. Baker Collection, South County History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617306216569-ZKF4KTD0C8FCM0FTP3ZY/Baker_Photo_Cartoon_002.jpg Baker's Artistic Process - Black and White Study A black and white photograph of Baker’s sketch for the final layout of the mural, which was sent to the Section for their final approval. Baker Collection, South County History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617306286307-HWIQ1EUHZVHHX20OFO37/Smithsonian_Baker_WatercolorStudy.jpg Baker's Artistic Process - Watercolor Study A watercolor study showing the color palette Baker intended to use. Upon submission of the black and white and watercolor proofs, Baker was paid the second installment of the commission, $200 (equal to about $3,700 in 2021). Smithsonian American Art Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617157291695-EETTS1397IXE15XENNYO/Baker_Photo_Painting_004.jpg Baker's Artistic Process Baker’s mural in progress. At this stage, Baker had prepared the canvas with a white lead ground and was in the process of filling in a detailed sketch that would underlay the layered transparent oil painting. This technique gives the painting its sharply defined, detailed style, which became Baker’s signature for the rest of his career. baker collection, south county history center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1616611817308-VU9EAYOCEH2KNHQWYMNL/RICHColorLogo-web.jpg Baker's Artistic Process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617638958354-9GIAL0BR8JAK7RDIKPGH/Baker_Photo_Mural_001.jpg Baker's Artistic Process - B&W Photo of Finished Mural A black and white photograph of the completed mural. Baker had the mural photographed in black and white and in color in New York City on before he installed it in Wakefield’s post office. Baker sent this photograph to the Section, along with newspaper clippings covering the installation, as proof of the mural’s completion. Baker was paid his final installment for the commission, $380 (equal to $6,800 in 2021). Baker Collection, South County History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617639173439-BZYI2V8VRU8UF4WZEKX8/Baker_Photo_Mural_002.jpg Baker's Artistic Process - Color Photo of Finished Mural A color photograph of the completed mural, made in New York City before its installation in the Wakefield Post Office. This photographic reproduction was published in art magazines, and Baker used it, along with the development sketches, in gallery shows. Baker Collection, South County History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617304248359-55MFTW3PH3BGXEU14W5A/Baker_Sketch_001.jpg Baker's Artistic Process - Concept Sketch 1 Baker’s first sketch submitted to the Section. Supervisors reviewed the sketch and sent Baker feedback, noting that the main issue he needed to address was crowding of the subjects. Baker Collection, South County History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617304297565-4TG01W5A7SIOSIHM0WC8/Baker_Sketch_002.jpg Baker's Artistic Process - Concept Sketch 2 In his second concept sketch, Baker moved the hunting and leisure activities of the Planter class into a small tableau in the foreground. He also further defined the symbolic figures. On the left, the figures symbolize the rise of the Narragansett Planter society through their acquisition of land from the Narragansett Tribe. The figures on the right symbolize the decline of the Planter society, including the abolishment of slavery and the end of rum smuggling (symbolized by the broken mast and sail). Baker Collection, South County History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617304275273-YIAJHSPN0J0VUE68RTDL/Baker_Cartoon_001.jpg Baker's Artistic Process - Concept Sketch 3 Baker Collection, South County History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617304322910-PBPV4HM2F6GT0IAWKJHO/Baker_Photo_Cartoon_001.jpg Baker's Artistic Process - Finalized Concept Sketch For the finalized concept sketch, called a “cartoon,” Baker was paid the first installment of the mural commission fee, $250 (equal to about $4,600 today). Baker Collection, South County History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617755763453-GRABGYN94DYX0MX163K2/Baker_Photo_Mural_002.jpg Baker's Artistic Process http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/finished-mural daily 0.75 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617160249862-Y4X2BQWK6HH6ARYHMKOE/Baker_Mural_001.jpg The Finished Mural The same detail of the mural after having gone through the conservation process. the details in musculature are lost, and the dairy cow’s color is highlighted dramatically with broad brush strokes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1618521186809-3DBE5UPM0F5GGVT7L56L/Baker_Mural_001.jpg The Finished Mural The same detail of the mural after having gone through the conservation process. Again, the details in musculature are lost and significant detail has been added to the cow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1616611817308-VU9EAYOCEH2KNHQWYMNL/RICHColorLogo-web.jpg The Finished Mural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617159629149-0FQB6ARBLL862PTI6D32/Baker_Mural_Conservation_007.jpg The Finished Mural A conservator from the Williamstown Art Conservation Center removing a section of the mural from the wall in 1999. Since solvents were unable to be used to loosen the adhesive securing the mural to the wall, the canvas had to be carefully scraped from the wall while the adhesive was dry. Damage during this process was unfortunately unavoidable. South County History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617160194040-IFDF9I5WKFV3GTMP4MA5/BakerMural_Sketches_04_detail_01.jpg The Finished Mural A detail from the mural as it appeared when first painted by Baker. the musculature in the human figures and horses is highly defined, and the color of the dairy cow is relatively even. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617636063683-04Q15QKCCCVESB35P0M4/Baker_Photo_Mural_002.jpg The Finished Mural An early color photograph of the mural, most likely taken in New York City on the way from Baker’s studio in Carmel, New York, to Wakefield. baker collection, south county history center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1618521214145-HW7GR5LHUGLICC6CQZWW/Baker_Photo_Mural_002.jpg The Finished Mural A detail from the mural as it appeared when first painted by baker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617159528386-GM7KL9XXJMOH9O3OOU1U/Baker_Mural_001.jpg The Finished Mural The Economic Activities of the Narragansett Planters as it appears today. Image by Williamstown Art Conservation Center, c. 2000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617755763453-GRABGYN94DYX0MX163K2/Baker_Photo_Mural_002.jpg The Finished Mural http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/former-wakefield-post-office daily 0.75 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617400732405-S1E5UKKZED6BW65JQING/BakerArticle_19391206_Page_1.jpg The Former Wakefield Post Office The Providence Journal covered the installation of The Economic Activities of the Narragansett Planters in its December 6th, 1939 issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617403939447-AQGIYOLMV4APOK4KH0PV/05231522.jpg The Former Wakefield Post Office A 2003 reception for the installation of the mural, attended by local community leaders and U.S. Representative Jim Langevin, who were instrumental in advocating that the mural be loaned to the Society. south county history center collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617403323493-9J7934ARKZPIMSY5IPEE/Mural_NewPaper_1983.png The Former Wakefield Post Office The mural as it appeared above the lock boxes in the Wakefield Post Office, 1983. The mural received coverage in various art history articles about New Deal artwork in Rhode Island. the new paper, 1983. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1616611817308-VU9EAYOCEH2KNHQWYMNL/RICHColorLogo-web.jpg The Former Wakefield Post Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617755763453-GRABGYN94DYX0MX163K2/Baker_Photo_Mural_002.jpg The Former Wakefield Post Office http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/treasury-section-of-fine-arts daily 0.75 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1616611817308-VU9EAYOCEH2KNHQWYMNL/RICHColorLogo-web.jpg Treasury Section Of Fine Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617661026236-L2SW4JB4A43B0KPSGQ4O/ApponaugFishermen_Sample_1942crop.jpg Treasury Section Of Fine Arts - Apponaug, Rhode Island Post Office Apponaug Fishermen (1942) by Paul Sample depicts local shellfishermen on Apponaug cove, Warwick, Rhode Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617660981150-NL5Y0A05QJ2V2FX1CT09/GatheringSeaweed_Cheevercrop.jpg Treasury Section Of Fine Arts - Madison, Connecticut Post Office Gathering Seaweed from the Sound (1940) by William Abbott Cheever depicts the collection of seaweed along the Connecticut coast for use as fertilizer by farmers. This was also a common practice in South County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617660952844-NIIDX88Z66ARSR0GMZTD/CranberryPickers_Rubenstein_1940crop.jpg Treasury Section Of Fine Arts - Wareham, Massachusetts Post Office Cranberry Pickers by Lewis Rubenstein, 1940, depicts cranberry harvesting methods. Cranberry growing continues to be a dominant driver of Wareham’s economy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617740055194-1Q8MJNXO0UBP9X4Q6TIG/Bruce_ERoosevelt_1934.jpg Treasury Section Of Fine Arts from left, Edward Bruce, Director of the section of fine arts, First lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Asst. Treasury Secretary L. W. Robert, Jr., and Public works of art Project director Forbes Watson discussing plans for arts projects, 1934. Harris & Ewing Collection, library of congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617755763453-GRABGYN94DYX0MX163K2/Baker_Photo_Mural_002.jpg Treasury Section Of Fine Arts http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/why-mural-matters daily 0.75 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617206234702-U8IPNA3D7IN8WBHOJH9Z/Arnautoff_GeorgeWashingtonHS_Mural_2.jpg Why the Mural Matters Two sections of a set of 13 murals painted by Victor Arnautoff for George Washington High School as part of a WPA-funded project. The murals depicts enslaved people working on Washington’s plantation and violent conflict between Native Americans and American settlers. Some students and community members objected to the murals as oppressive and traumatic images. As of February 2020, the local school board voted to cover the murals considered offensive with panels (rather than painting over them), at an estimated cost of $600,000 - $800,000. photograph by the new york times, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617205961636-HSSA0P5D0ZW95Q1N2F0N/Arnautoff_GeorgeWashingtonHS_Mural.jpg Why the Mural Matters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1616611817308-VU9EAYOCEH2KNHQWYMNL/RICHColorLogo-web.jpg Why the Mural Matters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617405231680-4FWEA4SO99P3CW8X7VQB/IMG_5546.jpg Why the Mural Matters The slave medallion at Smith’s Castle, a former plantation in South County. The Slave Medallion project works to identify and mark sites of slavery in Rhode Island, to make the history of slavery more visible. South County History Center, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617205994463-916CD91NGIB3MDGSRHFU/RhodeIsland_StateSeal.png Why the Mural Matters The state seal of Rhode Island, before the phrase “and Providence Plantations” was removed from the state’s official name. Rhode Islanders voted to remove the phrase in the 2020 general election. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617755763453-GRABGYN94DYX0MX163K2/Baker_Photo_Mural_002.jpg Why the Mural Matters http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/share-your-thoughts daily 0.75 2021-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1616611817308-VU9EAYOCEH2KNHQWYMNL/RICHColorLogo-web.jpg Share Your Thoughts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617724878501-VN4YZZSX1FIY3U42FH8X/Baker_Photo_Painting_002_crop.jpg Share Your Thoughts http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/mural daily 0.75 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1599765775446-46NQPUWUAUQ9FPR4WTY0/SF2+2014.jpg "Economic Activities in the Days of of the Narragansett Planters" The Mural Exhibit at the South COunty History Center in 2014, virtually unchanged since its 2003 installation. The exhibit was deinstalled in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1537465216519-I5WL7XGWMFAA2CJL7L7R/RICH_logomark-4c.jpg "Economic Activities in the Days of of the Narragansett Planters" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617755763453-GRABGYN94DYX0MX163K2/Baker_Photo_Mural_002.jpg "Economic Activities in the Days of of the Narragansett Planters" http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/further-reading daily 0.75 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1616611817308-VU9EAYOCEH2KNHQWYMNL/RICHColorLogo-web.jpg Further Reading https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617755763453-GRABGYN94DYX0MX163K2/Baker_Photo_Mural_002.jpg Further Reading http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/adopt daily 0.75 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/87589dd7-ab30-4659-a391-bc62aff229aa/IMG_2019.JPG Adopt a Collection - Make it stand out Autograph Album Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/fa47a0cc-7550-46b9-88be-ffde0f731583/IMG_2960.JPG Adopt a Collection - Make it stand out Letters and photographs taken by Kenneth Chappell during his Korean War Service (Chappell Family COllection) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/f6cecce0-f004-41f1-af29-eeb56fb7f8ee/IMG_2441.JPG Adopt a Collection - Make it stand out Photographs from the Washington County/Kingston Fair/RI State Fair Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617748789591-UAXINPMCW63HUAPAOWSL/TercentenaryMap_1936%2528sm%2529.jpg Adopt a Collection http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/sk300 daily 0.75 2023-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1677777664282-ZDCXASGZN608GP6UG3EQ/Aristocracy+1+-+PD+Mill.jpeg South Kingstown's 300th Anniversary Celebration http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/wishlist daily 0.75 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1680714652680-PXMQ5FJS73JDFK3XF943/IMG_0089.JPG Research Library Wish List http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/resources daily 0.75 2023-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/1617748736782-87WPH79S9Q30S91GKFP8/TercentenaryMap_1936%28sm%29.jpg Resources for Rhode Island History Organizations http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/testimonials-five daily 0.75 2023-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5016d42984ae3ecc9e018d91/1367258704177-SMDMM0KB99AZ9RHAVZHC/2034160967_01a6f7d5fa_o.jpg Testimonials http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/portraits daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f4318d906340eeb78ccce9/d4bbe816-d920-4bf1-8ebd-4c769acafd20/OHP+Gardiner+SCHC+Collection.JPG A First Look - Make it stand out Photograph of Oliver H.P. 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