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Avery Block, 52 West Main Street, Mystic.
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Title
Avery
Block
,
52
West
Main
Street
,
Mystic
.
Creator
Tingley, George E., 1864-1958.
Place
52 West Main Street (Mystic, Conn.)
Topic
Central business districts
Horse-drawn vehicles
Commercial buildings
Wagons
Storefronts
Signs and signboards
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Livelihood
Description
View
of the
Avery
block
at
52
Main
Street
,
Mystic
.
Businesses
visible
are
F.B
.
Smith
and
Allen
Avery
&
Co
. The
storefront
to the
left
has a
sign
reading
"
F.B
.
SMITH
"
over
the
doorway
.
Signs
to the
left
and
right
of the
doorway
over
the
display
windows
read
:
HOUSE
&
SHIP
PLUMBING/STOVES
RANGES
&
FURNACES
" and "
TIN
COPPER
AND/SHEET
IRON
WORKER
. In the
middle
of the
building
is
a
stairway
. A
sign
to the
left
reads
:
GROTON/PROBATE/OFFICE
. In the
right-hand
section
of the
building
a
second-floor
sign
advertises
"
COFFINS
".
Over
the
storefront
is
a
sign
that
reads
"
FURNITURE
WARE
ROOMS
", and
over
the
doorway
: "
ALLEN
AVERY
&
CO.
"
Two
men
stand
in the
doorway
. A
man
is
holding
the
reins
of a
freight
wagon
in the
right
foreground
.
Snow
can
be
seen
on the
ground
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
. On the
reverse
, the
three
men
outside
the
building
are
identified
as "
Timkie
Smith/
Allen
Avery/
Clyde
Batty
" The
Avery
block
was
built
in the
1870's
and
burned
in
1975
. The
Allen
Avery
company
was
founded
in
1887
.
Frank
B
.
Smith
installed
plumbing
in
ships
as
well
as
carrying
on a
retail
trade
.
Possibly
by
George
E
.
Tingley
, a
noted
Mystic
area
photographer
. In his
early
career
, he was an
assistant
and
later
sometime
partner
of
Everett
A.
Scholfield
.
After
1894
he
worked
independently
.
Date created
[189-?]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
albumen
print
;
5
x
8
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1994.18.40
File
name
:
IMG0070-4201.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
Rights
Copyright
restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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