Tracing Mashapaug mini-exhibit, Knight Memorial Library, December 1, 1-4pm
<p><span style="font-family:garamond, serif;font-size:large;"><span><span style="color:#000099;">Do you have stories of Mashapaug Pond, the Gorham Manufacturing Company, and Providence's Reservoir Triangle and West End? What was there before the industrial park next to Mashapaug Pond? Did you participate in the Tracing Mashapaug project? <br /><br />Join us for an exhibit of community tracings and oral histories!</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:garamond, serif;font-size:large;"><span>¿Tiene</span><span> Ud. historias del lago Mashapaug, la empresa Gorham Manufacturing, y los barrios del Reservoir Triangle o el West End de Providence? ¿Qué estaba allí antes del "parque industrial" al lado del lago Mashapaug?<br /><br />Exhibición de <span>trazados</span> comunitarios y historias orales<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:garamond, serif;font-size:large;">Knight Memorial Library Auditorium,<a title="Knight Memorial Library" href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=knight+memorial+library&hl=en&sll=41.816992,-71.42118&sspn=0.132797,0.31105&hq=knight+memorial+library&t=m&z=15" target="_blank"> 275 Elmwood Ave</a>, Providence<br /></span><span style="font-family:garamond, serif;font-size:large;">Saturday, December 1<br /></span><span style="font-family:garamond, serif;font-size:large;">1-4pm</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:garamond, serif;font-size:large;"><span><span style="color:#000099;"><span>Sábado, 1 de diciembre <br /></span><span>Biblioteca Knight Memorial, 275 de la Ave. Elmwood</span><br /><br /></span></span><span><span style="color:#000099;">Refreshments will be served. Don't forget to stop by the Friends of the Library's book sale, going on next door!</span></span></span></p>
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<div><span><span style="color:#000099;font-family:garamond, serif;font-size:large;"><em>This event is generously supported by the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, an independent state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and sponsored by the Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island, Urban Pond Procession, and the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage at Brown University.</em></span></span><span><br /></span></div>
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Display case with Reservoir Triangle objects
Neighborhood heroes and Little League
Ice skates
Nuggets of sulfur
From the junk pile by Mashapaug Pond.
Setting up the Christmas tree
Murphy-Trainor and J.T. Owens Parks
What is the history of the Murphy-Trainor Memorial Park (dedicated 1994) and the J.T. Owens Park? How and why were they created?
Chang Lu
Mapping memories
Display case
Cigarette Pack