RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

The Isaac Bell House Collection (PSNCA.H.007)

The Preservation Society of Newport County

424 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: 401-847-1000
museumaffairs@newportmansions.org

Scope & content

The Isaac Bell House Collection is comprised of two folders of photographs and a separate photo album. The objects date from circa 1879-1980, and formats include albumen prints, Kodak bullet photographs and gelatin prints. The photographs depict the exterior and the interior of the house under various periods of ownership. The album holds bullet photographs of the Barger family during their social forays around Newport, Rhode Island.

This collection has been fully digitized and is available for viewing online at newportalri.org