Negative, Glass Plate

Photograph

Groton Public Library

Entry/Object ID

2026.036.017

Description

Glass plate negative, unidentified man seated inside a house. The calendar on the wall reads "October 1902" and was published by T.E. Packer & Co., an insurance agency established by Thomas E. Packer in Mystic in 1863.

Collection

Jim Streeter Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.036

Source or Donor

Mr. James L. Streeter

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

1902

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

T.E. Packer & Co., Mystic

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