1895 Images of Providence

{Lovecraft 5 years old. Providence population 150,000.}

The seller states:

Original LESLIE’S WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED journal (New York), dated August 29, 1895. COMPLETE in 16 pages, Folio (16 1/4” x 11 1/4”). IN FINE CONDITION!

Featured in this issue is the FULL PAGE photo image gallery “THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND...” containing EIGHT (8) original photo image views: “WESTMINSTER STREET AT JUNCTION WITH MARKET SQUARE (Main St)” (2” x 3”), “A VIEW OF PROVIDENCE, LOOKING UP THE VALLEY TOWARD PAWTUCKET” (5” x 9”), “PROVIDENCE RIVER, WITH EAST PROVIDENCE IN THE BACKGROUND” (2 1/4” x 5 1/2”), “PROVIDENCE COUNTY COURT-HOUSE” (3 1/2” x 3 1/4”), “SCENE IN ROGER WILLIAMS PARK” (2” x 5 1/2”), “ROGER WILLIAMS’S MONUMENT IN ROGER WILLIAMS PARK” (2 1/4” x 3’), “STS. PETER AND PAUL ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL” (3 1/2” x 2 1/2”), & “CITY HALL” (3 1/2” x 2 1/2”).

A sample of the accompanying column-long article “THE GREATER PROVIDENCE” reads, “The state census which has been taken in Rhode Island this summer emphasizes the tendency of population to group itself in and around the cities and larger towns of the Untied States. Providence, according to this latest enumeration, has about one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants...the cities and towns in the immediate vicinity raise the aggregate of what is essentially one community to two hundred and fifty thousand at least...”.