Print, Photographic

Photograph

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Groton Public Library

Lighthouse Tender TULIP, October 1938

Lighthouse Tender TULIP, October 1938

Entry/Object ID

2026.032.175

Description

3 black and white photographs showing the lighthouse tender TULIP washed up on the railroad tracks at the lighthouse wharf in New London following the '38 Hurricane. The vessel was washed up on the tracks during the storm, September 21, 1938 and was eventually removed from the tracks by the Merrit, Chapman & Scott corporation on October 7 of that year.

Collection

Groton Public Library Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.032

Source or Donor

Found in Collection

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

1938

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

New London, 1938 Hurricane, Hurricane of '38

Provenance

Notes

Gift of Juddy MacDonald

Name/Title

Print, Photographic