East Main Street, downtown Mystic, looking west toward the drawbridge

Metadata

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:3854

Title

East Main Street, downtown Mystic, looking west toward the drawbridge

Supplied	yes

Origin Information

Date Created	1885 (year approximate)

Parent Item

Mystic Seaport Museum

Connecticut History Illustrated

Resource Type

Still image

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Description

View of downtown Mystic, taken from the Stonington side, looking west along East Main Street. The iron drawbridge in the center background bears a sign that reads: "WALK YOUR HORSES". The opera house is at left. Signs on the side facing Cottrell Street read in part: "HATS/CAPS/___/CLOTHING/SHOES" and "CARPETS/DRY/GOODS/WALL/PAPERS[?]/OIL CLOTHS". Waterman's Pharmacy is in the commercial block at right. An awning extends over what appears to be the store entrance. A utility pole and horse and wagon are visible on the right. The street is unpaved.

Genre

photographs

Subject

Drawbridges

Central business districts

Geographic Subject

East Main Street (Mystic, Conn.)

Holmes Street (Mystic, Conn.)

Cottrell Street (Mystic, Conn.)

Extent

Source extent: 1 photograph : glass negative ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.

Held By

Mystic Seaport Museum

Use and Reproduction

Note

Note Type	source note
Note	Grinnell Collection

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Environment

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Infrastructure

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Lifestyle

Note	Title supplied by cataloger. Mystic Opera House, also known as the Tripp Block, was built and opened in 1887 on the site of Washington Hall, also known as the Exchange Block, which burned in 1885. Waterman's Pharmacy was apparently located in a commercial building at the corner of East Main and Holmes Streets known first as the Mallory Block, and later as the Newbury Block.

Local Identifier

Accession number: 1993.136.116

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East Main Street, downtown Mystic, looking west toward the drawbridge

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