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All the stories in the tour were created for other tours by community scholars and historians. We gratefully acknowledge their work and encourage you to explore these full tours as well:\r\n- <a href=\"https://rhodetour.org/tours/show/23\"><i>Downtown Providence</i></a>, curated by Amelia Golcheski\r\n- <a href=\"https://rhodetour.org/tours/show/21\"><i>Eastside of Providence</i></a>, curated by Elyssa Tardif\r\n- <a href=\"https://rhodetour.org/tours/show/33\"><i>Telling (Her)Story: Women Designers in Rhode Island</i></a>, curated by Brown University students in \"Telling Her Story: Women Designers in Rhode Island,\" Fall 2017\r\n- <a href=\"https://rhodetour.org/tours/show/35\"><i>First Peoples of Rhode Island</i></a>, curated by Katharine Kirakosian, PhD and Tomaquag Museum\r\n\r\n</p>","postscript_text":"","tour_img":"https://rhodetour.org/files/fullsize/9909e85488c43df2cf6628782386c9af.jpg","items":[{"id":208,"title":"Burnside 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