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Harold W. Babbitt, Jr. (1918-1998) Newport native Harold W. Babbit was born on June 19, 1918, the son of the late Harold W. and Cora Mallett Babbitt. A graduate of Rogers High School, he created the linoleum print at right during the 1935-1936 school year while he was still a student there. It was featured as the cover illustration of the Annual Report of The School Department of the City of Newport, Rhode Island, 1935-1936 (Vol. 71). A Navy veteran, Babbitt served from 1942 until 1945 and worked at the former Naval Torpedo Station on Goat Island in Newport. A painter and wallpaper hanger, he owned Harold Babbitt's Painting Co. from 1943 until his retirement in 1983. As a member of the Newport Concert Band, he played the tuba, and he was also a member of the Newport Railroad Club, an organization devoted to model trains. The image of the Stone Tower is reproduced with the kind permission of Mrs. Martha Babbitt, who said her late husband would be proud to see his work on the Redwood Library website. |
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