B & W postcard Poquonnock Bridge Parsonage -Side-angle view of a single and clapboard house with wooden trim and front porch, flanked by wooden fences and trees. Postmarked Poquonnock Bridge, Dec. 24, 2 pm, possibly 1918.

Poquonnock Bridge Parsonage
Poquonnock Bridge Parsonage

Name/Title

B & W postcard "Poquonnock Bridge Parsonage -Side-angle view of a single and clapboard house with wooden trim and front porch, flanked by wooden fences and trees. Postmarked Poquonnock Bridge, Dec. 24, 2 pm, possibly 1918.

Entry/Object ID

2010.1.48

Scope and Content

B & W postcard "Poquonnock Bridge Parsonage -Side-angle view of a single and clapboard house with wooden trim and front porch, flanked by wooden fences and trees. Open land in background left, a smaller building right. 4" X 2 3/8" image w/ white borders 1/2" at top and bottom, 5/8" at sides. According to note on back, the house is a parsonage: no other information given. Postmarked Poquonnock Bridge, Dec. 24, 2 pm, possibly 1918. Stamped w/ 2-cent red and 1 - cent green Washington stamps. Addressed to Mrs. Jennie Chapman, 130 Granite St., Westerly, R.I. Signed G.R.A. Labeled "The Parsonage", at lower left. Brief Christmas message.

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

Houses, Postcards, Religious dwellings

Search Terms

Communications & Public Utilities, Correspondence/Postcard, Domestic Life, Religion, Groton, Poquonnock Bridge, Poquonnock Bridge Parsonage

Archive Details

Restrictions

Access: Discolouration/fading, worn corners and crease mark in upper left corner.

Archive Notes

Date(s): about 1918

General Notes

Note

Status: Good Status By: Sheila Sullivan Status Date: 2026-06-08