The Rhode Island Postcard Collection is an artificial collection created by the Providence Public Library according to format type. The Collection incorporates various acquisitions and gifts.
There are no restrictions on access. This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Providence Public Library Special Collections department.
Copyright has not been assigned to Providence Public Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be obtained by the researcher from the copyright holder.
Note several postcards in the Boats and Steamboats series are photographic postcards printed by the Steamship Historical Society of America.All rights for the images belong to the SSHSA.
Researchers are requested to cite the collection name and the Providence Public Library in all bibliographic references.
[item title], [item #]. Rhode Island Postcard Collection, VM 001, Providence Public Library, Providence, RI.
The Rhode Island Postcard Collection contains postcards and viewbooks with images related to geographic locations, buildings, organizations and people in the State of Rhode Island.
The Collection is arranged by subject, primarily geographically by town and then topically. Subjects are organized alphabetically. Within a subject, postcards are organized according to item number except in Providence Streets which is arranged alphabetically by street name. Subjects are listed in the inventory.
For an itemized inventory of the collection, contact the Rhode Island Collection Librarian.
Unknown; materials were collected by the Library.
Accruals are expected.
Digital copies of the postcards are available via