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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
Black and white Logo for WDRC Radio station
WDRC AM/FM – Connecticut’s Oldest Commercial Radio Station
June 18, 2022
Essex-Lyme ferry
Ferry Boats a Way of Life in Early Connecticut
June 17, 2022
First Company Governor’s Horse Guards escorting President Taft
Oldest Cavalry Unit – Who Knew?
June 16, 2022
Elizabeth Park, Hartford
Oldest Rose Garden – Who Knew?
June 15, 2022
Hall of Flags, State Capitol, Hartford
Collections: Battle Flags
June 14, 2022
Map of the state of Connecticut showing Indian trails, villages and sachemdoms
Andover to Woodstock: How Connecticut Ended Up with 169 Towns
June 13, 2022
Goshen Congregational Church
Pan-Harmonicum Strikes a New Note for Puritan Worship in Lebanon
June 12, 2022
James Trenchard, View from the Green Woods towards Canaan and Salisbury, in Connecticut
Dynamic Tensions: Conservation and Development up to the 1920s
June 11, 2022
A Remarkable Signature – Who Knew?
June 10, 2022
Orange: Connecticut’s Candy Dispenser
June 9, 2022
Hotchkiss House, Prospect
The Legacy of David Miles Hotchkiss
June 8, 2022
Dr. C. Lee Buxton and Mrs. Estelle Griswold
Griswold v. Connecticut – Today in History: June 7
June 7, 2022
D-Day – Today in History: June 6
June 6, 2022
Harriet Beecher Stowe's residence
Hartford’s Nook Farm
June 5, 2022
Broadside for Pine Apple cheese patented in 1810
The Story of Pineapple Cheese
June 4, 2022
Robertson Field, also known as Robertson Airport, Plainville
Plainville Has Been Flying High for Over 100 Years
June 3, 2022
Makris Diner, 1795 Berlin Turnpike, Wethersfield
A Hip Road Trip
June 2, 2022
Black and white photo of a group of people. Two people are holding a large banner that says "Kalos Society"
Kalos Society: Connecticut’s First Modern LGBTQ+ Activist Organization
June 1, 2022
Headshot of a woman looking away from the camera. Her dark hair is tied back in a low bun.
Ann Petry: Old Saybrook’s Bestselling African American Author
May 31, 2022
Boy Scouts carrying World War I banners
Hartford’s Commemoration of World War I Servicemen and Women
May 30, 2022
The Black Panther Party in Connecticut: Community Survival Programs
May 29, 2022
Pope Automobile Model S, Seven Passenger Car, 1909
Albert Augustus Pope, Transportation Pioneer
May 28, 2022
Breaking the Mold: Tradition and Innovation in the Work of Elbert Weinberg
May 27, 2022
Captain Oliver Filley House, Bloomfield
Restoring a Unique Piece of Bloomfield History
May 26, 2022
Wallace Nutting, The Shadow of the Blossoms
Past Perfect: Wallace Nutting Invents an Ideal Olde New England
May 25, 2022
Leatherman in Wallingford, 1880s
The Old Leatherman Alive in Our Memories
May 23, 2022
Benjamin Dutton Beecher had a Penchant for Invention
May 22, 2022
The Bryan-Andrew House, Orange
The Bryan-Andrew House: Still Standing After All These Years
May 21, 2022
Map of changing Connecticut's boundary lines
Surveying Connecticut’s Borders
May 20, 2022
Hospital Rock, Farmington
Farmington’s Hospital Rock Dates Back to 18th-Century Smallpox Inoculation
May 19, 2022
Sophie Tucker - World-Telegram photo by Dick DeMarsico
Sophie Tucker, The Last of the Red-Hot Mamas
May 18, 2022
The Webb Mansion, Wethersfield
Washington Didn’t Only Sleep Here: George Washington at Wethersfield’s Webb House
May 17, 2022
The Gilbert clock model is on the right
Papier-Mache Clocks – Who Knew?
May 16, 2022
Walnut Grove, Hammond Estate, Waterford
“Gentleman’s Farming” Comes to Waterford
May 15, 2022
1893-94 Duryea
Frank Duryea Drives the First Automobile in Connecticut
May 14, 2022
The Middlesex Quarry, Portland
Portland Puts Its Stamp on an Architectural Era
May 13, 2022
John Howard Hale: Glastonbury’s Peach King
May 12, 2022
Hervey Brooks's pottery wheel
Hervey Brooks’s 19th-Century Pottery Barn
May 11, 2022
Map of a collection of islands. There is a key in the bottom left hand corner
The Incident of the Stonington Schooner ‘Breakwater’: A View from Indian Country
May 10, 2022
John Brown: A Portrait of Violent Abolitionism
May 9, 2022
Original brass stencil used for decorating Hitchcock chairs
The “Fancy Chair” Craze of the 1800s: Lambert Hitchcock and the Story of the Hitchcock Chair
May 8, 2022

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