Thomas W. Wood owned a music store on Thames Street in the middle of the 19th century. The address was listed as 83 Thames Street. During the Civil War, the T.W. Wood music store published a number of songs dedicated to popular Rhode Islanders fighting for the Union Army.
The advertisement shown here from the August 4, 1859, Newport Daily News shows that even though the original Germania Musical Society had been disbanded, their manager F.B. Helmsmuller continued to perform with his own Germania Orchestra during Newport’s summer season.
Archie MacDonald owned the City Music Store at 116a Broadway. As you can see by this ad, he ran a full service music store selling everything from sheet music to player piano rolls.
P.O. Box 539
Newport, RI 02840
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