Picture postcard - View from the water of 4 sailboats and 1 motorboats offshore of Griswold Hotel, which is in the background along with ordinary houses Fergusen's Motor Fleet Eastern Point , Groton, Conn

Postcard Ferguson's Motor Fleet
Postcard Ferguson's Motor Fleet

Name/Title

Picture postcard - View from the water of 4 sailboats and 1 motorboats offshore of Griswold Hotel, which is in the background along with ordinary houses "Fergusen's Motor Fleet" Eastern Point , Groton, Conn

Entry/Object ID

2010.1.434

Scope and Content

Picture postcard 51/2" X 3 1/2" View from the water of 4 sailboats and 1 motorboats offshore of Griswold Hotel, which is in the background along with ordinary houses . Handprinted in white "Fergusen's Motor Fleet" Eastern Point, Groton, Conn. Several crews aboard the boats in jackets & hats.

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

Boats, Motorboats, Piers & wharves, Rivers

Search Terms

Correspondence/Postcard, Boats and Boating, Hotels, Boating, Eastern Point, Ferguson's Motor Fleet, Griswold Hotel, Thames River

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1906 - 1920

Restrictions

Access: Discolouration/fading, especially on left side. Pencil marks on revere side.

General Notes

Note

Status: Good Status By: Sheila Sullivan Status Date: 2025-12-29