Description
Newport Daily News glass plate negative, showing the east side of Thames Street, looking north towards Touro Street, from the future site of the Colonial Theater [Colonial Theatre], previously located at 144-150 Thames Street. 142 Thames Street, 138 Thames Street, 134 Thames Street, 132 Thames Street, 128 Thames Street, and 124 Thames Street are also in view. Businesses pictures include a shoe polishing parlor, Mitchell's Restaurant [then located at 144 Thames, demolished 1910], Dr. Flynn [Dentist], and the Star Theatre. Horse-drawn carriages are in view on the cobbled street.