B & W Picture postcard 5 1/2 X 3 1/2 (vertical) Left-angled view of Poquonnock Bridge Baptist Church, a medium-sized white clapboard building with tall narrow windonws and square gabled steeple

Poquonnock Bridge Baptist Church
Poquonnock Bridge Baptist Church

Name/Title

B & W Picture postcard 5 1/2" X 3 1/2 " (vertical) Left-angled view of Poquonnock Bridge Baptist Church, a medium-sized white clapboard building with tall narrow windonws and square gabled steeple

Entry/Object ID

2010.1.22

Scope and Content

B & W Picture postcard 5 1/2" X 3 1/2 " (vertical) Left-angled view of Poquonnock Bridge Baptist Church, a medium-sized white clapboard building with tall narrow windonws and square gabled steeple. People (unidentified) are seeted on front steps. Communication wires, street lamp and trolley tracks in unpaved street visible in foreground. Building is on Poqounnock Road and is still in use by congregation. Reverse - Postmarked Poquonnock Bridge, July 12, 1909 a.m. Staped upside down with a green Benjamin Franklin stamp. Addressed to "Miss Edith C. Potter, Wakefield, R.I., Box 376, signed Aunt Aleida. Brief message concerning Sunday School

Collection

James L. Streeter Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2010.1

Source or Donor

Jim Streeter

Acquisition Method

Donation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Postcard, Picture

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Postcards, Roads, Baptist churches

Search Terms

Churches & Temples/Exterior, Correspondence/Postcard, Groton, Poquonnock Bridge, Poquonnock Bridge Baptist Church, Postcards

Archive Details

Creator

C.F. Howland

Date(s) of Creation

Jul 12, 1909

Restrictions

Access: Discolouration/fading, red mark on front left middle and crease mark in upper left corner.

General Notes

Note

Status: Good Status By: Sheila Sullivan Status Date: 2026-06-01