Negative, Glass Plate

Photograph

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Groton Public Library

Entry/Object ID

2026.036.018

Description

Glass plate negative, unidentified man standing inside a house (see also: 2026.026.017). 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. The man is a Civil War veteran and member of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.). He is dressed in a blue G.A.R. uniform with a G.A.R. quartermaster sword at his hip and a G.A.R. pin attached to his hat. The medal on his jacket is probably the G.A.R. membership badge. He was likely a member of G.A.R.'s Mystic chapter, Williams Post, No. 55.

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, Grand Army of the Republic, Civil War veterans, G.A.R., Williams Post No. 55

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