An aerial view of Roger Williams Park taken in 1985. A 430 acre public park, it was named after the founder of Providence Roger Williams. The park evolved from a 100 acre parcel that Betsy Williams gave to the city in 1871.
Jordy, Buildings of Rhode Island, (Oxford, 2004), 132-134.
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Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College
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