www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMgG...

A brand new steamship. Hundreds aboard. A late season hurricane.

The wreck of the San Francisco (1853) remembered through music.

www.historicmusicofnewport.org/blog/the-3rd...

#MaritimeHistory #SteamshipHistory #HistoricMusic #ShipWreckStories #19thCentury

Newport, Rhode Island, Then & Now: 134 Thames Street

The Star Theatre opened in 1908 promising "clean wholesale amusement..." and was gone by 1911.

Today it is a tourist shop.

#NewportHistory #RhodeIslandHistory #ThamesStreet #HistoricMusic #NewportRI #History

🎶 An Afternoon of Shape Note Singing 🎶
Join us at Stephenson House on Sat, Nov 15 (1–3 p.m.) for a free community sing with the St. Louis Shape Note Singers! Reservations required, www.stephensonhouse.org
##StephensonHouse #ShapeNoteSinging #HistoricMusic #EdwardsvilleIL #LivingHistory

Music from our Archives: "Down in Dear Old Newport Town"

The song was composed in 1913 by John E Mullaly. You can hear a live recording of the song below. Z

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#RhodeIsland #MusicArchives #HistoricMusic #NewportHistory

Explore the musicians and regimental bands that once filled Fort Adams with music, and hear the music played by those musicians on this special tour.

#FortAdams #NewportRI #HistoricMusic #RhodeIslandHistory #CulturalHeritage #AquidneckIsland #Nonprofit

A day at the office! Our archives are growing and with your help we can bring more of Newport's musical history home.

www.historicmusicofnewport.org/donate-today

#NewportRI #PreserveHistory #CulturalHeritage #CommunityStewardship #HistoricMusic #RhodeIsland

J.M. Lander's "Carrie" Waltz was dedicated to Miss Carrie Astor. The visuals in this video include the Astor summer home "Beechwood" and tennis at the Newport Casino.

youtu.be/iL6FDwJzXz4

#GildedAge #NewportHistory #HistoricMusic #NewportRI #AstorFamily