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Octagon House, West Mystic Avenue, Mystic.
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Title
Octagon
House
,
West
Mystic
Avenue
,
Mystic
.
Creator
Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930.
Place
West Mystic Avenue (Mystic, Conn.)
Topic
Dwellings
Children
Porches
Theme
Infrastructure
Lifestyle
Description
View
of a
large
white
house
with a
cupola
and
chimneys
,
identified
as
Octagon
House
,
West
Mystic
Avenue
,
Mystic
. The
house
rests
on what
appears
to be a
high
foundation
. A
porch
at the
first
story
level
runs
along
all
the
sides
visible
. A
number
of
people
,
including
women
and
children
, are
gathered
on the
porch
.
Two
people
can
be
seen
on what
appears
to be the
porch
roof
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Handwritten
on
back
: "
Capt
Washington
House
on
Skipper
St
.
(now
West
Mystic
Ave.)
Probably
not
Capt
.
Washington
".
Negative
1977.92.409
identifies
the
owner
as
Captain
Isaac
Washington
.
Negative
(1977.92.354)
from
which
stereograph
appears
to have been
produced
is
dated
circa
1870
, and
identifies
house
as
Captain
Isaac
Washington's
.
Taken
by
Everett
A.
Scholfield
, a
professional
photographer
who
worked
primarily
in
Mystic
and
New
London
from
1865-1913
.
Printed
at
left
"
Views
of
Mystic
and
Vicinity.
" and at
right
"
E.A
.
Scholfield
,
Photographer
"
Albumen
prints
mounted
on
pale
white
card
,
rounded
corners
.
Date created
[between
1870
and
1884]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
stereograph
;
3
7/16
x
6
15/16
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1981.5.9
File
name
:
IMG0032-4771.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
Collection
Scholfield
Collection
.
Rights
Copyright
restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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Photographs
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