"Winthrop House." "Built about 1650 by Gov. Winthrop." Fishers Island, N. Y.
postcard
POSTCARDSSolomon, J.
USA, NY, Fishers Island
paper card
overall: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Color photolithograph postcard; rear view of grey house with gambrel roof and an ell; group of men sitting in lawn and on steps; to the left appears to be a door in a hill, stone wall; printed lower right corner "10409"; printed above ""Winthrop House.""Built about 1650 by Gov. Winthrop." Fishers Island. N. Y."; (The printed identification of the house is incorrect: the house was built by the oldest son of Governor John Winthrop, also named John Winthrop but referred to as "the Junior" or "the Second."); no message on reverse; published by J. Solomon, New London, CT.
1999.205.13