G. Victor Grinnell and daughter Isabel Grinnell of Mystic on sled outside 40 East Main Street, Mystic

Title supplied by cataloger. George Victor Grinnell was from the local 19th-century shipbuilding family and grew up in Mystic. He was a musician who at one time had his own orchestra, and taught violin at Connecticut College. He was also a well-known local artist and active member of the Mystic Art Association. Isabel Grinnell was the daughter of G. Victor Grinnell and Eva Collins Grinnell. In adult life she was known as an accomplished artist and violinist. She married Charles Dewar Simons and divided her time beween the Grinnell family house in Mystic, and Staten Island New York. The Grinnell family home was built in 1885. The contents were sold and the house demolished after Isabel Grinnell Simons' death in 1965. The Mary Elizabeth Nursing Center occupies the site of the house at present.