Entry/Object ID
2026.040.039Description
Black and white reproduction print, photograph of attendees arriving at the Universal Peace Union's annual Peace Meeting at Mystic, CT, c. 1890s (2 copies). View of the entrance to the Peace Meeting grounds looking east across River Road and the Mystic River to Elm Grove Cemetery. Identification written on back: "Gateway entrance to Peace Meeting Grounds." Typed caption: "Mrs. Carol W. Kimball, The Peace Meeting, Entrance to the grounds when Peace Meetings were the vogue for summer holidays. Teams were parked along River Road and inside the gate. Peaceful Elm Grove Cemetery, last resting place of many Civil War veterans, is just across the river. Photo from the glass negative collection of The Indian and Colonial Research Center, Inc. [Old Mystic History Center], Old Mystic, Conn."Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Universal Peace UnionSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Peace GroveCollection
Carol Kimball CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2026.040Source or Donor
Carol KimballAcquisition Method
TransferLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Peace Grove, Peace Meeting, Universal Peace Union, Elm Grove Cemetery, River RoadProvenance
Notes
Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026Copyright
Notes
Original photograph (glass plate negative) belongs to the Old Mystic History CenterName/Title
Peace Meeting, Mystic