Rhode Island State House Providence winter scene 1900s - Original Photo

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View Rhode Island State House Providence winter scene 1900s - Original Photo with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Providence R.I.". Silver gelatin photograph mounted to black album paper, with period white ink captions typical of early 20th century souvenir or travel albums. Front, handwritten on lower part of photo (inside circular image). An original 6.5x5.5" antique photo from a collection of vintage photographs acquired from an estate. Professionally packaged in a rigid mailer for safe delivery. Photo Overview Early winter view of the Rhode Island State House in Providence captured from the front plaza, showing the Beaux-Arts marble capitol framed by snow-covered grounds and bare trees, mounted in a circular window on black album paper with the handwritten caption “The Capitol Providence R.I.” beneath the image and a note on the print describing the building as “built of white blocks of marble” including its statues. The Rhode Island State House was designed by the prominent New York firm McKim, Mead & White and constructed between 1895 and 1904, using over 15 million bricks and an exterior of white Georgia marble with the famous “Independent Man” statue atop the dome. Vintage photographs like this, taken soon after completion when the surrounding grounds were still relatively open, offer a scarce glimpse of the capitol before later landscaping and city development filled in the area; collectors of New England architecture and statehouse history will want to secure this original piece before it disappears into another collection. Text Present Front, handwritten on lower part of photo (inside circular image): "Built of white blocks of marble. statue & everything." Front, handwritten on mount under photo: "THE CAPITOL Providence R.I." Back: (no text visible) Print analysis: Silver gelatin photograph mounted to black album paper, with period white ink captions typical of early 20th century souvenir or travel albums. The neutral tones, paper surface, and mounting style strongly indicate an original photographic print made close to the time of exposure rather than a later copy. With no modern halftone dot pattern and no reprint or publisher markings, this is consistent with a Type 1 original photo, likely printed c1900s-1910s, within a few years of the Rhode Island State House’s completion. Condition : In fair to good vintage condition. Category: Collectibles › Photographic Images › Photographs.