Mystic Railroad Bridge

Postcard

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Groton Public Library

Mystic Railroad Bridge

Name/Title

Mystic Railroad Bridge

Entry/Object ID

2026.040.121

Description

Hand-colored postcard, view of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad bridge over the Mystic River, c. 1907.

Collection

Carol Kimball Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.040

Source or Donor

Carol Kimball

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Divided Back (1907-1915)

Publisher

The Rotograph Co.

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

New York City

Date Published

circa 1907

Place Printed

* Untyped Place Printed

Germany

Postmark

Date and Time of Postmark

September 13, 1907

Postmark Place

Location

Mystic, Conn.

Stamp

Capt. John Smith, 1 cent

Sender

M.S.C.

Addressee

Name

Mr. D. Palmer Brown

Address

Street
R.F.D. 1
City
Mystic
State/Province
CT

Provenance

Notes

Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026