Thomas Miner Family Parade Float, 1914

Name/Title

Thomas Miner Family Parade Float, 1914

Entry/Object ID

2025.212.12

Description

Photographic postcard of the Thomas Miner Family "float" in the Battle of Stonington Centennial Parade in August 1914. Reverse reads: "Cornelius Miner driving". Cornelius Vanderbilt Miner was the son of Thomas Miner and Mary Elizabeth Green. He was born in Quiambog on May 16, 1854 and married Mary Allyn Noyes on October 29, 1891. They had two daughters: Grace and Pauline, who were the last of the descendants of the first Thomas Miner to live in the original homestead.

Collection

Photographs

Made/Created

Date made

1914

Time Period

20th Century