Mrs. Priscilla Smith Foster

Photograph

Groton Public Library

Name/Title

Mrs. Priscilla Smith Foster

Entry/Object ID

2026.045.004

Description

Portrait of Mrs. Priscilla Foster taken by Silsbee, Case & Co. of Boston, MA, c. 1860s. Photograph from the album of Caroline Latham Mitchell of Groton. Priscilla Smith Foster was born in Groton on May 1, 1820, the daughter of Amos Denison Smith and Priscilla Mitchell Smith. She married Samuel Foster on June 10, 1841 and died in Providence, Rhode Island on March 24, 1867.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Carte de Visite

Subject Person or Organization

Foster, Priscilla

Collection

Beckett Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.045

Source or Donor

Beckett, Amie

Acquisition Method

Donation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Carte-de-visite

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

Provenance

Notes

From the photograph album of Mrs. Caroline Latham Mitchell (1815-1896), which was given to "cousin" Lizzie C. Brown (1853-1936, granddaughter of Lucy Avery Mitchell) during a visit to Groton in August 1907. The album was passed down through several generations of the family before it was donated to the Groton Public Library in October 2026.