Print, Photographic

Photograph

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Groton Public Library

View of Morton Plant's dock at Avery Point, early 1900s
View of Morton Plant's dock at Avery Point, early 1900s

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2026.034.015

Description

Sepia photograph, view of two women and children (probably all members of the Spicer family) standing on the property boundary between the Spicer homestead and the Morton F. Plant Estate, early 1900. The structure visible in the background in Morton Plant's boathouse at Avery Point. Pine Island can also be seen.

Collection

Jacobsen Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.034

Source or Donor

Jan Jacobsen

Acquisition Method

Donation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

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

Search Terms

Shennecossett Road, Avery Point, Spicer House, Pine Island, Pine Island Bay

General Notes

Note

Notes: The Spicer homestead ran from the Morton Plant Estate to Jupiter Point along Pine Island Bay. The western portion of the lot (where the house and barn stood) was sold to the Shennecossett yacht club, while the eastern portion was divided between Minnie "Esther" Spicer Trail and her brother, William Caroll Spicer. The young girl on the right in this photograph may be Minnie "Esther" Spicer.