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Title	Private museum of Charles Q. Eldredge.
Place	Mystic (Conn.) Mystic River (Conn.) Old Mystic (Conn.)
Topic	Museums Advertising
Topic-Person	Eldredge, Charles Q
Genre	Postcards
Theme	Environment Infrastructure Lifestyle
Description	Steps lead up to the entrance of a square one story wood building apparently built into a hillside, identified as the private museum of Charles Q. Eldredge. A man, possibly Charles Q. Eldredge, stands on the porch. Signs reading "PRIVATE-MUSEUM" can be seen on two sides of the buiding. Printed at bottom "The entire construction of this building, excavation, foundation, inside finish, tin work, roof, decorating and lettering were ALL personally performed by the owner, Chas. Q. Eldredge, in his seventy-second year. Something over 3000 Souvenirs and Curios are on Exhibition, and to view them, his friends are ever welcome.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Location is identified as adjoining Riverview Cottage, Old Mystic. Charles Q. Eldredge (born 1845) was an Old Mystic native who in 1917 founded a private museum of curiosities that was located on the Groton side of the Mystic River in the Old Mystic area.
Date created	[between 1917 and 1931]
Physical format	1 postcard ; 5 3/8 x 3 7/16 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1981.32.16 File name: IMG0039-4204.PCD
Source	Mystic Seaport
Rights	Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from Mystic Seaport.
Sub-collection	Postcards

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