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Mystic River Bridge and view of Stonington side.
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Title
Mystic
River
Bridge
and
view
of
Stonington
side
.
Creator
Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930.
Place
Mystic River (Conn.)
East Main Street (Mystic, Conn.)
Topic
Drawbridges
Central business districts
Commercial buildings
Stores, Retail
Signs and signboards
Theme
Infrastructure
Livelihood
Description
View
of
Mystic
River
highway
drawbridge
and
part
of the
east
(Stonington)
side
Mystic
business
district
.
Sign
on the
bridge
reads
"
TROT
NOT
ON
THIS
BRIDGE
".
Large
mansard-roofed
building
in the
center
is
the
Mallory
Block
(later
known
as the
Newbury
Block)
.
Two
signs
can
be
seen
on the
side
of the
Mallory
building
. The
first
,
just
above
the
second
floor
,
reads
: "
INSURANCE
AGENCY
"; the
second
,
just
above
the
first
floor
,
reads
"
STOVES
&
TIN
WARE
". The
building
partially
visible
on the
right
is
Washington
Hall
.
Sign
on the
roof
reads
: "
Thos
.
H
.
Newbury
,
House
and
Ship
Plumbing
,
Tin
Copper
and
Sheet
Iron
Works
".
Signs
above
the
first
floor
read
: "
HOXIE
&
BROWN
"
(Grocers)
and "
HARDWA__
".
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
. This
iron
drawbridge
was
built
in
1866
and
replaced
in
1904
.
Washington
Hall
, also
known
as the
Exchange
Block
, was
built
in
1850
and
burned
in
1885
.
Mystic
Opera
House
, also
known
as the
Tripp
Block
, was
built
and
opened
on the
same
site
in
1887
. The
photograph
predates
the
1876
relocation
of the
Mystic
flagpole
from the
Groton
side
of the
river
to the
corner
of
Cottrell
and
East
Main
Streets
,
next
to
Washington
Hall
.
Taken
by
Everett
A.
Scholfield
, a
professional
photographer
who
worked
primarily
in
Mystic
and
New
London
from
1865-1913
.
Appears
to be
negative
from
which
Scholfield
stereograph
(1981.5.16)
was
produced
.
Date created
[ca
.
1868]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
collodian
stereo
glass
negative
;
4
x
7
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1977.92.362
File
name
:
IMG0081-2323.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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