Negative, Glass Plate

Photograph

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Groton Public Library

Entry/Object ID

2026.036.015

Description

Glass plate negative in envelope labeled "Hempstead House, one of the oldest houses in city." Note - this is not the Joshua or Nathaniel Hempstead House.

Collection

Jim Streeter Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.036

Source or Donor

Mr. James L. Streeter

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1900

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Negative, Glass Plate

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Negative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

New London

Provenance

Notes

Given to Carol Kimball (former Town of Groton Historian) by Bill Peterson (former curator at Mystic Seaport Museum). They were purchased from an antique dealer who claimed they came out of an old home in Mystic.

Name/Title

Negative, Glass Plate