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Women Suffrage March
Women Win the Right to Vote
August 18, 2019
Putting History on the Map
August 17, 2019
U.S. Frigate Constitution, Isaac Hull, Esqr., commander
Fame and Infamy for the Hulls of Derby
August 16, 2019
Florence Griswold’s Home: A Story of Perseverance and Community
August 15, 2019
Collision on the Housatonic Railroad near Bridgeport
Horror on the Housatonic: The Railroad Disaster of August 1865
August 14, 2019
Andover Creamery, 1889
Andover’s Award-Winning Creamery
August 13, 2019
Attack on the Narragansett fort
America’s Most Devastating Conflict: King Philip’s War
August 12, 2019
State Representative William A. O'Neill and State Senator David M. Barry
William O’Neill: Climbing Up the Political Ladder
August 11, 2019
William Eustis plans for New London
Defending Connecticut: Fortifying New London Against the British in 1812
August 10, 2019
Contagious Ward, Greenwich General Hospital, 1916
Health Department Fights Unseen Enemies During World War I
August 10, 2019
North Stonington Grange, North Stonington Village Historic Distric
North Stonington Fairs Preserve Connecticut’s Agricultural Heritage
August 9, 2019
Hidden Nearby: The Bantam Lake Ice House
August 8, 2019
David Bacon
Home Missionary Society’s First Missionary – Today in History: August 7
August 7, 2019
Westford Glass Company factory, Ashford
Ashford’s Glass from the Past
August 6, 2019
The Allied Market
Washington’s Sister Susie Society
August 5, 2019
Globe Onion
The Many Layers to Onion Farming in Westport
August 4, 2019
USS Nautilus
USS Nautilus Passes Under North Pole – Today in History: August 3
August 3, 2019
Thomas Cole, View of Monte Video, Seat of Daniel Wadsworth Esq., 1878
Talcott Mountain: A View of Early New England
August 2, 2019
Wadsworth Atheneum, Morgan Memorial, and Municipal Building, Main Street, Hartford
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
July 31, 2019
Rosamond Danielson: Windham County Suffragist and Community Leader
July 30, 2019
Hardcore Connecticut: Documenting the State’s Punk Rock Scene
July 30, 2019
Detail from the map Colony of Connecticut in North-America by Moses Park
East Haven’s Revolutionary Salt Works
July 29, 2019
Civil War Monument, Kensington
Kensington Soldiers Monument Dedicated – Today in History: July 28
July 28, 2019
Dressing Table. Probably made in 1783 by the shop of Eliphalet Chapin
Connecticut Valley Style: Eliphalet Chapin Inspires a Tradition of Craft
July 27, 2019
Herbert Abrams Self Portrait
Herbert Abrams Immortalizes the Nation’s Leaders
July 26, 2019
Civil War Sanitary Commission
Sanitary Fair – Today in History: July 25
July 25, 2019
Joel Barlow
The Hartford Wits
July 24, 2019
Julian Alden Weir, The Farm, etching
Weir Farm the Result of a Trade – Who Knew?
July 24, 2019
Detail of Connecticut and Parts Adjacent, 1780
Levi Pease, Stage Route and Transportation Innovator
July 23, 2019
The Adventure of a Lifetime: John Ledyard and Captain Cook’s Last Voyage
July 23, 2019
Alexander Calder at Stegosaurus sculpture dedication
A World in Motion: Artist and Sculptor Alexander Calder
July 22, 2019
A Muster Ceremony, New Haven Green
The First Battle of Bull Run: Connecticut Troops Stand Firm When the Battle Turns Against Them
July 21, 2019
Entrance to Steeplechase Island, Bridgeport
A Unique Island Attraction in Bridgeport
July 20, 2019
Samuel Colt…and Sewing Machines?
July 19, 2019
Testing the camping equipment on The Gunnery’s campus in Washington
Reading, Writing, and the Great Outdoors: Frederick Gunn’s School Transforms Victorian-era Education
July 18, 2019
Detail of Warwick patent copy by John Winthrop, Jr., 1662
The Charter of 1662
July 18, 2019
Oliver Ellsworth
Senator Oliver Ellsworth’s Judiciary Act
July 17, 2019
Up from the Ashes: Fire at the Meriden Britannia Company – Today in History: July 16
July 16, 2019
Connecticut State Park Picture Plan
Preserving Connecticut’s Natural Beauty: Connecticut’s First State Parks
July 16, 2019
Candlewood Lake construction
Creating Candlewood Lake – Today in History: July 15
July 15, 2019
James Lukens McConaughy sworn in as Governor by Chief Justice William M. Maltbie
Did You Know a Connecticut Governor Was a US Spy?
July 14, 2019
Street sign for Gallows Lane
Gallows Lane and the Execution of Barnett Davenport
July 14, 2019
A Revolution On Two Wheels: Columbia Bicycles
July 13, 2019
The Farmington Canal near Mount Carmel in Hamden
New England’s Grand Ambition: The Farmington Canal
July 13, 2019
Connecticut Votes for Women
Connecticut Suffragists Appeal to the President – Today in History: July 12
July 12, 2019
Bridgeport’s Catastrophic 1911 Train Wreck
July 11, 2019
Batman and the Outsiders #1, cover art by Jim Aparo
Drawn to Superheroes
July 10, 2019
Eight Mile River
Continuity and Change along the Eightmile River
July 9, 2019
Erector set
Erector Set Patented – Today in History: July 8
July 8, 2019
Burning of Fairfield
British Burn Fairfield – Today in History: July 7
July 7, 2019

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