b & w postcard Groton Monument Front view of Groton Monument draped with patriotic bunting and flags over door, decorated with a star over top. Maria Theresa gun is in front, Groton Heights school on the left.
b & w postcard "Groton Monument " Front view of Groton Monument draped with patriotic bunting and flags over door, decorated with a star over top. Maria Theresa gun is in front, Groton Heights school on the left.
Entry/Object ID
2010.1.280
Scope and Content
Glossy finish b & w photo postcard 5 1/2" X 3 1/2"(vertical) image 5" X 3 1/4" Front view of Groton Monument, with Monument House Museum and flagpole at right, gun from Maria Theresa on lawn in front and Groton Heights School at left. Man in shirt-sleeved shirt stands in front of of Monument. Monument is draped with patriotic bunting and flags over door, decorated with a star over top . Style of man's shirt and patriotic decoration a World War II era date. Reverse has "9.50" in pencil , bottom center (upside down) "CK" in black ink, bottom left corner "Groton, Ct Ledyard Monument Dedication" in pencil, bottom center (upside down) (Unsure of accuracy of this labeling - which Ledyard - related monument is referred to?)
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
Decorations, Monuments, Obelisks, Patriotism
Search Terms
Correspondence/Postcard, Monuments & Statues, Schools, Groton, Groton Heights Grammar School, Groton Monument, Ledyard, William Col., Maria Theresa Cannon, Monument House Museum, Groton Heights
Archive Details
Restrictions
Access: Discolouration/fading, pencil mark and paperclip mark on upper right corner and pencil on reverse side.
Archive Notes
Date(s): After 1912
General Notes
Note
Status: Good
Status By: Sheila Sullivan
Status Date: 2026-07-08
