Porter's Rocks area, River Road, Mystic (Groton)

Metadata

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:4034

Persons

Creator (cre): Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930

Title

Porter's Rocks area, River Road, Mystic (Groton)

Supplied	yes

Origin Information

Date Created	1867 to 1886

Parent Item

Mystic Seaport Museum

Connecticut History Illustrated

Resource Type

Still image

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Description

Pastoral view of River Road, Mystic (Groton), in what is identified as the Porter's Rocks area. View is looking upriver along a stretch of the unpaved road that curves to the right toward what appears to be a farm or farms along the shore. A wood fence encloses a field in the center background. Several buildings, possibly a house and outbuildings, are visible in the far right background.

Genre

Subject

Geographic Subject

River Road (Mystic, Conn.)

Extent

Source extent: 1 photograph : albumen print ; 3 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.

Held By

Mystic Seaport Museum

Use and Reproduction

Note

Note Type	source note
Note	Scholfield Collection

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Environment

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Infrastructure

Note

Title supplied by cataloger. Printed on card at left: "E.A. SCHOLFIELD, Photo.,/ Mystic River, Ct.". Everett A. Scholfield was a professional photographer who worked primarily in Mystic and New London from 1865-1913. Mystic River was the name for the area of Mystic village on the Groton side of the Mystic River. This area had formerly been known as Portersville. Mounted on card, 4 x 8 1/4 in. Photo and card drymounted to oaktag.

Local Identifier

Accession number: 1950.1180

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Porter's Rocks area, River Road, Mystic (Groton)

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