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U.S. Frigate Constitution, Isaac Hull, Esqr., commander
Fame and Infamy for the Hulls of Derby
August 7, 2022
Westford Glass Company factory, Ashford
Ashford’s Glass from the Past
August 6, 2022
Alain and May White Memorial Boulder
Alain and May White Memorial Boulder
August 5, 2022
Francis Ingals, Chaffinch Island, Guilford
Guilford’s One-Man Fire Department
August 4, 2022
Lake Compounce entrance, Bristol
Lake Compounce: Bringing Amusements to the State’s Residents Since 1846
August 3, 2022
Large white sail boat with three masts next to a dock. It is labeled "US Coast Guard" on the side.
Maritime History: The Founding of the United States Coast Guard Academy
August 2, 2022
Birth of a Nation Advertisement
Hartford’s Challenge to “The Birth of a Nation”
August 1, 2022
Dr. Daniel Sheldon of Litchfield, painted by Dickinson in 1831
Anson Dickinson: Milton’s Painter of Portrait Miniatures
July 31, 2022
Thomas Cole, View of Monte Video, Seat of Daniel Wadsworth Esq., 1878
Talcott Mountain: A View of Early New England
July 30, 2022
L. B. Haas & Company address label, 1958
Cash Crop: L.B. Haas & Co. and the History of Tobacco in Connecticut
July 29, 2022
Ensign, Bickford & Company fuse factory campus, ca. late 1800s
The Steady Evolution of a Connecticut Family Business
July 28, 2022
Conjectures upon the Nature and Motion of Meteors by Thomas Clap
America’s First Planetarium – Who knew?
July 27, 2022
Site of the Revolutionary War Foundry, Salisbury
Salisbury Iron Forged Early Industry
July 26, 2022
Map of The Part of Pennsylvania that Lies Between the Forks of the Susquehannah, Divided Into Townships
The Susquehanna Settlers
July 25, 2022
The Long, Ambiguous History of Connecticut’s Blue Laws
July 24, 2022
Painting of a man sitting in a chair. There is a drapery behind him. He is wearing a reddish brown suit from the 18th century
Roger Sherman Dies – Today in History: July 23
July 23, 2022
Western view of Plainfield
Plainfield Academy: Grooming Connecticut Scholars in the 18th and 19th Centuries
July 22, 2022
Nelson Augustus Moore painting outdoors
A Photographer with a Painter’s Eye: The Story of Nelson Augustus Moore
July 21, 2022
Black and white photograph of the profile of a woman wearing a hat and sheer veil over her face
Emmeline Pankhurst’s “Freedom or Death” Speech Energizes Connecticut Women in 1913
July 20, 2022
Mystic River Bridge
Mystic River Bridge Opens – Today in History: July 19
July 19, 2022
New Haven Green
The Connecticut Town Green
July 18, 2022
Killingworth’s Automated Attraction – Who Knew?
July 17, 2022
Up from the Ashes: Fire at the Meriden Britannia Company – Today in History: July 16
July 16, 2022
Connecticut State Park Picture Plan
Preserving Connecticut’s Natural Beauty: Connecticut’s First State Parks
July 15, 2022
Indian Hill Cemetery and the Landscaping of Burial Grounds in the Mid-19th Century
July 14, 2022
Detail of Beacon Falls Mill, Beacon Falls
Weaving the Cultural Fabric of Beacon Falls
July 13, 2022
Brass City/Grass Roots: The Persistence of Farming in Waterbury, Connecticut
July 12, 2022
Detail of Warwick patent copy by John Winthrop, Jr., 1662
The Charter of 1662
July 11, 2022
1938 ad for Sperry Topsider
Boat Shoes Have Ties to Connecticut – Who Knew?
July 10, 2022
Ad for Goodyear's patented Hay & Manure forks
Amasa Goodyear and Son Re-Invent Naugatuck
July 9, 2022
Rosamond Danielson: Windham County Suffragist and Community Leader
July 8, 2022
Bara-Hack, Pomfret
Eerie Remains of an 18th-Century Settlement in Pomfret
July 7, 2022
A fire swept through the tent at the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, July 6, 1944
Hartford Circus Fire: “The Tent’s on Fire!” – Who Knew?
July 6, 2022
Trail in the woods. There are trees lining a gravel/dirt path and in the foreground there is a sign that points towards the trail and reads "Tree I.D. Trail"
Saving Sessions Woods
July 5, 2022
Lyman Hall memorial, Center Street Cemetery
Wallingford Native Son Signed the Declaration of Independence
July 4, 2022
Captain James W. Buddington and crew on whaling schooner
The Rise and Fall of Sealing in Early New London Industry
July 3, 2022
Constance Baker Motley: A Warrior for Justice
July 2, 2022
Death of Captain Ferrer
The Amistad
July 1, 2022
Maria Sanchez and Alejandro La Luz, Puerto Rican spokesmen, Hartford
Maria Sánchez, State Representative and Community Advocate
June 30, 2022
Savin Rock Amusement Park, 1930s
Connecticut’s Youngest City – Who Knew?
June 29, 2022
The Ku Klux Klan in Connecticut
June 28, 2022
Joseph Alsop - Hennepin County Library
Joseph Alsop: Cunning Political Columnist of Mid-Century America
June 27, 2022
Amos Doolittle, The looking glass for 1787. A house divided against itself cannot stand
The War Connecticut Hated
June 26, 2022
Signpost, Harwinton
Harwinton’s Sign has a Long History – Who Knew?
June 25, 2022
A worker cutting ivory
Ivory Cutting: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Industry
June 24, 2022
Advertisement for harness racing at Charter Oak Park, West Hartford
Connecticut’s “The Legend of the Charter Oak”
June 23, 2022
Impressionist painting of shaded trees next to a pond
Julian Alden Weir: The “Heart” of American Impressionism
June 22, 2022
Rock and Roll vs. Racism
June 21, 2022
A US Army Air Force Waco CG-4A-WO glider
Daring World War II Escape of a Bethany Soldier
June 20, 2022
A group of people standing on a pier with the mast of a ship in the background. One person in the foreground is holding a drum and another person is holding a folder
Connecticut’s First Known Juneteenth Celebration in Norwich – Who Knew?
June 19, 2022

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