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Washington Hall, East Main Street, Mystic.
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Title
Washington
Hall
,
East
Main
Street
,
Mystic
.
Creator
Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930.
C. Kretzer.
Place
East Main Street (Mystic, Conn.)
Cottrell Street (Mystic, Conn.)
Topic
Commercial buildings
Storefronts
Signs and signboards
Genre
Postcards
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Description
View
of
Washington
Hall
,
Mystic
. The
large
two
story
wood
structure
has
clapboard
siding
and
louvered
shutters
at the
second
floor
level
. A
cupola
is
visible
above
the
roof
line
.
Men
stand
in
doorways
or on the
sidewalk
next
to
storefronts
on the
street
level
.
Signs
above
the
storefronts
visible
on the
Cottrell
Street
side
to the
left
read
:
'STOVES
&
TINWARE
" and "
WASHINGTON
HALL
".
Printed
at
bottom
: "
Published
by
C
.
Kretzer
,
Mystic
,
Conn
.
WASHINGTON
HALL
,
MYSTIC
,
CONN
.
DESTROYED
BY
FIRE
APRIL
22
,
1885
".
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Washington
Hall
, also
known
as the
Exchange
Block
, was
built
in
1850
and
burned
in
1885
.
It
stood
on the
south
side
of
East
Main
Street
,
just
east
of the
bridge
,
across
from the
Mallory
(later
Newbury)
Block
.
Photo
was
taken
circa
1866
; a
negative
(1977.160.2132)
that
appears
identical
is
attributed
to
Everett
A.
Scholfield
, a
professional
photographer
who
worked
primarily
in
Mystic
and
New
London
from
1865-1913
. This
postcard
was
published
possibly
in the
1898-1914
period
.
Photomechanical
print
in
postcard
form
.
Date created
[ca
.
1866]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
postcard
;
3
1/2
x
5
1/2
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1977.92.894
File
name
:
IMG0070-4200.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
Postcards
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