The past and the present
Subtitle: Narragansett sea and shore : an illustrated guide to Providence, Newport, Narragansett Pier, Block Island, Watch Hill, Rocky Point, Silver Spring, and all the famous sea-side resorts of Rhode Island, with maps of Narragansett Bay, and index map of the city of Newport
By: by Rev. Frederic Denison, A. M., corresponding member of the R. I. H. Society
Contributors: J.A. & R.A. Reid (Firm)
Edition: 2nd and rev. ed.
Publisher: J.A. & R.A. Reid
Published: 1880
Place of publication: Providence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Waterfronts; Pictorial works; Beaches; Domestic Architecture; Guidebooks; Description and travel
Other titles: Picturesque Narragansett sea and shore :
Notes: Photomechanical reproductions of images of Rhode Island, with accompanying text.

Includes images of street views, map, state house, court house, city hall, custom house, Providence Athenaeum, the Arcade, colleges, schools, park views, monuments, Roger Williams Park, armory, hospitals, hospital for the insane, churches, hotels, opera houses, bird, bay views, sail boats, restaurant, carousel, libraries, Hazard Castle, bathing scene, beach scenes, light house and Jewish cemetery.

Includes advertisements.

Folded map, 47 x 61 cm., folded to 24 x 16 cm., tipped in at p.87.

Avery Classics copy: Newspaper clipping inserted between p. 40-41.