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

2026.040.074

Description

Black and white postcard, view of the Union Baptist Church looking northeast from the intersection of High Street and West Main Street. This view shows the church after the original steeple was destroyed in the 1938 Hurricane and before it was replaced in 1969. The view also shows the front steps of the church extending all the way to High Street, before they were walled off. 2 copies (1 blank, 1 postmarked November, 1946).

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

Publisher

P. Hammacher & Co. Mystic, Ct

Place Published

Location

Mystic

Date Published

circa 1946

Printer

Dexter Press Pearl River N.Y

Postmark

Date and Time of Postmark

2:00 pm, November, 1946

Postmark Place

Location

Mystic

Stamp

1 cent George Washington stamp

Addressee

Name

Mr. Sheldon G. Stirling

Address

Street
Alden Ave.
City
New Haven
State/Province
Connecticut

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