Union Baptist Church, Mystic

Postcard

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Groton Public Library

Union Baptist Church, Mystic

Name/Title

Union Baptist Church, Mystic

Entry/Object ID

2026.040.073

Description

Color polychrome postcard, view of the Union Baptist Church looking west up West Main Street, 1906. This view shows the church before the hill on West Main Street was graded and paved in 1924 and shows the original church steeple which was destroyed in the 1938 Hurricane. 3 copies (2 blank, 1 postmarked June 20, 1906).

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

Undivided Back (1901-1907)

Publisher

Rhode Island News Company

Date Published

circa 1906

Postmark

Date and Time of Postmark

5:30 pm, June 20, 1906

Postmark Place

Location

Mystic

Stamp

1 cent Franklin stamp

Addressee

Name

Miss Mabel S. Matherson

Address

City
Hopkinton
State/Province
Rhode Island

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