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The Weaver inscription below the bronze
Photo depicts dedicatory inscription in the stone below the bronze
Hale front with flowers
Front steps and garden of Hale Library
Don't Erase blackboard Hale Library
Photo of blackboard at Hale Library
Stained Glass Window Hale Library
Interior view of Hale stained glass window
Hale Hours Sign
Outdoor sign with Robert Beverly Hale Library hours and South Kingstown Public Library trees logo
Hale Book Sale boxes 2009
Boxes of books for sale
Highway Library logo sign near Hale Library
Library logo highway sign in context, on Route 1, Matunuck RI
Great Swamp Dedication 1
Photograph taken at the Dedication of the Great Swamp Monument, South Kingstown, RI, 1906
South Kingstown Town Seal adopted, March 16, 1893
The South Kingstown Town Seal was adopted at a Town Meeting on May 16, 1893, as shown on Page 337 of the Town Meeting Book, 1868-1919
South Kingstown Town Seal presented to Town Council, May 27, 1892, continued
An imprint of the reverse side of the South Kingstown Town Seal is shown in the Town Council Minutes of May 27, 1892.
South Kingstown Town Seal presented to Town Council, May 27, 1892, Page 425
An imprint of side 1 of the South Kingstown Town Seal is shown on Page 425 of the Town Council Meeting Minutes, May 27, 1892
South Kingstown Town Seal is authorized, Town Meeting, May 17, 1892
Page 327, South Kingstown Town Meetings
South Kingstown Town Seal initiated, March 14, 1890
Page 261 of the South Kingstown Town Meeting Book, 1868-1919, contains the first mention of a town seal.
Esther Bernon Carpenter plaque
Memorial plaque to Esther Bernon Carpenter (1848-1893), a Hazard family relative known for her writings on local history and her correspondence with Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809-1894). Bronze mounted on oak, 1894.
Portrait of the Rev. J. Lewis Diman
Oil painting in ornate gilt frame of the Rev. J. Lewis Diman, D.D. (1831-1881), Hazard family friend and Professor at Brown University. Gift of Rowland Hazard (1829-1898) in December 1893. Diman tutored Caroline Hazard (1856-1945), who compiled a…
Newel post
Newel post on main staircase. Of cypress, with low-relief carvings of flowers and curlicues, topped by a distinctively ridged finial.
Marble bust of Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888)
Marble bust of Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) on pedestal, displayed on dedicated granite ledge. The Hazard Memorial (also known as Peace Dale Library) was built in Hazard's memory and dedicated to him.
Caribou antlers
The provenance of these antlers is not known, but they could have been captured by Rowland Hazard III (1881-1945). He and the Rev. J. Warner Fobes (1860-1920) made a 1903 trip to Alaska's Kenai Peninsula that RH III spoke about at Fobes' memorial…
Peace Dale Library granite steps closeup
Closeup view of granite steps at original entryway