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Title
Looking
north
from the
Groton
Monument
,
Fort
Griswold
,
Groton
.
Creator
Cyler, W. Kenneth.
Place
Groton (Conn.)
Topic
Monuments
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Blossom (Schooner)
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Description
View
from the
Groton
Monument
, at
Fort
Griswold
,
Groton
,
looking
north
.
Visible
in the
pictures
are
northern
areas
of
Groton
,
including
many
houses
and
other
structures
, as
well
as
fields
and
stands
of
trees
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Caption
typed
in
blue
ink
below
reads:"Birds
eye
view
of
Groton
and
hills
north
of/
town
. The
white
spots
on the
hill
near
the/
center
of
picture
are the
buildings
of
the/Connecticut
Womans
College
[sic]
.
It
was
just
back/
of the
long
hill
on the
right
that the
trai-/
tor
Benedict
Arnold
was
born
.
Taken
from
the/
Monument
looking
North.
" The "
Connecticut
Womans
College
"
buildings
appear
to be
misidentified
, if the
view
is
true
north
and the
institution
in
question
is
Connecticut
College
for
Women
(now
Connecticut
College)
,
which
is
on the
west
side
of the
Thames
River
,
north
of
New
London
.
Groton
Monument
was
erected
in
1830
to
commemorate
the
massacre
at
Fort
Griswold
in
1781
. In
schoolbook
writing
pad
converted
to
photo
album
described
as "The
beginning
of the
good
ship/
BLOSSOM
-
Adventure/
Photos
made
by
W
.
Kenneth
Cyler/
about
1923.
"
Album
apparently
documents
period
of the
conversion
of the
Lucy
R
. to the
Blossom
with
photographs
taken
in
New
London
,
based
on
identification
of
related
images
.
Blossom
was also
known
as
Lucy
R
. and
Three
Brothers
. She was a
commercial
packet
schooner
formerly
the
Lucy
R
. of
Nova
Scotia
. She was
purchased
by the
Cleveland
Museum
of
Natural
History
with
funds
from a
Mrs
.
Blossom
and
made
a
voyage
to the
Indian
Ocean
to
gather
ornithological
specimens
.
Blossom
was
fitted
out
in
New
London
and
sailed
out
of that
port
circa
1923
.
Good
condition
,
yellow
from
glue
.
Date created
1923
.
Physical format
1
photograph
:
silver
print
;
4
x
6
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1998.97.2.27
File
name
:
IMG0075-4768.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
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to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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