Women at Fort Griswold, Groton Monument in view

Image
Metadata
Handle
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:4438
Persons
Persons
Creator (cre): Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930
Title
Title
Title
Women at Fort Griswold, Groton Monument in view
Supplied
yes
Origin Information
Origin Information
Date Created
1900 (year uncertain) to 1910 (year uncertain)
Parent Item
Parent Item
Mystic Seaport Museum
Connecticut History Illustrated
Resource Type
Resource Type
Still image
Digital Origin
Digital Origin
reformatted digital
Description
Description
Two women stand in front of earthworks at Fort Griswold, next to a fenced area that is identified as the spot where Colonel Ledyard was killed. The Groton Monument and other structures can be seen behind them.
Genre
Genre
photographs
Subject
Subject
Monuments
Fortification
Groton Heights, Battle of, Conn., 1781
Geographic Subject
Geographic Subject
Fort Griswold (Groton, Conn.)
Extent
Extent
Source extent: 1 photograph : gelatin glass negative ; 8 x 10 in.
Held By
Held By
Mystic Seaport Museum
Use and Reproduction
Use and Reproduction
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from Mystic Seaport.
Note
Note
Note Type
source note
Note
Scholfield Collection
Note Type
local
Note
theme: Infrastructure
Note Type
local
Note
theme: Lifestyle
Note
Title supplied by cataloger. Taken by Everett A. Scholfield, a professional photographer who worked primarily in Mystic and New London from 1865-1913. The Groton Monument (built 1830) memorializes Lt. Col. William Ledyard and his men, massacred by the British in 1781.
Local Identifier
Local Identifier
Accession number: 1977.92.48
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