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Pearl and West Main Streets, Mystic.
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Title
Pearl
and
West
Main
Streets
,
Mystic
.
Creator
Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930.
Place
Pearl Street (Mystic, Conn.)
West Main Street (Mystic, Conn.)
Topic
Newspapers
Newspaper publishing
Horse-drawn vehicles
Central business districts
Commercial buildings
Signs and signboards
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Mystic Press
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Livelihood
Description
View
of the
corner
of
Pearl
and
West
Main
Streets
,
Mystic
. The
office
of the
Mystic
Press
can
be
seen
. A
man
identified
as
Lucius
Guernsey
is
standing
in the
doorway
. The
sign
on
left
identifies
law
offices
of
Lemuel
Clift
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Probably
photographed
by
Everett
A.
Scholfield
, a
professional
photographer
who
worked
primarily
in
Mystic
and
New
London
from
1865-1913
. The
Mystic
Press
succeeded
two
earlier
newspapers
, the
Mystic
Pioneer
(1853)
and the
Mystic
Journal
(1870)
.
Lucius
M
.
Guernsey
established
the
Mystic
Press
in
February
1873
. The
business
occupied
the
building
at the
corner
of
West
Main
and
Pearl
Streets
until
1881
,
when
it
moved
to
Ryan's
building
,
otherwise
known
as the
Riverside
Block
, at the
east
end
of
West
Main
Street
next
to the
highway
bridge
.
Lemuel
Clift
was also a
state
assemblyman
(1870,1872)
&
probate
judge
,
1874-5
&
1882-1900
. A
woman
named
Peace
Grant
lived
in the
house
with the
picket
fence
.
Date created
[ca
.
1880]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
collodian
stereo
glass
negative
;
4
x
7
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
1959.848.14
Photo
CD
ID
img0096-3152.pcd
Source
Mystic
Seaport
.
Collection
Scholfield
Collection
.
Rights
Copyright
restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
Sub-collection
Photographs
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