All about broadsides

COURTESY NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Russell J. DeSimone will share broadsides from his personal collection Thursday during a lecture in Newport.
Posted 12/31/12
Event Date
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Event Location
Colony House
Washington Square
Newport
Additional Info
Admission: $5
general admission,
$1 Newport
Historical Society
and Redwood Library
members. For more
information or to
RSVP, call (401)
841-8770 or visit
the website.
Thursday, Jan. 3,
5:30 p.m.

In a time before modern technology, people would look to broadsides for information on entertainment and other topics. Thursday, Russell J. DeSimone, a collector of broadsides, will share 45 examples from his private collection during a lecture presented by the Newport Historical Society and the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. “Rhode Island Broadsides: A Collector’s Perspective,” will examine the use of broadsides in a variety of categories and showcase examples from DeSimone’s collection, which dates back to 1787.

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