July 26, 2026
Tag: Rhode Island
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It’s Old Home Week!
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Small towns in New England and the Mid-Atlantic lost population as westward migration and the lure of factory work drew young people away. Old Home Week attempted to lure them back.
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Two Rhode Island Postcards
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On a week-end trip to New England, we stayed in a lovely B&B along a beautiful inlet of Narragansett Bay, In an antique shop nearby these two cards called to me. I know you will enjoy them, too!
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February 21, 2023 5 Comments
The Candee Rubber Company could be one of the world’s largest firms that you have never heard about. The L. Candee Company of Connecticut built the world’s largest rubber shoe factory and sold galoshes to millions of people around the world. At one time in the 1890s they made 30,000 pairs a day!