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Andover Creamery, 1889
Andover’s Award-Winning Creamery
August 13, 2021
History Day 2022 Debate and Diplomacy
Connecticut History Day 2022: Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences
August 11, 2021
Hubbell’s Pull-Chain Electrical Light Socket – Today in History: August 11
August 11, 2021
William Eustis plans for New London
Defending Connecticut: Fortifying New London Against the British in 1812
August 10, 2021
Colonial currency from Connecticut Colony. Signed by Elisha Williams, Thomas Seymour, and Benjamin Payne
Connecticut’s Early Commercial Banks
August 9, 2021
Downed tree after the tornado at Wallingford
The Great Wallingford Tornado – Today in History: August 9
August 9, 2021
Hidden Nearby: The Bantam Lake Ice House
August 8, 2021
David Bacon
Home Missionary Society’s First Missionary – Today in History: August 7
August 7, 2021
Everett B. Clark seed barn, Orange
Orange Seeds Yield Corn, Alfafa, Soy, and More
August 6, 2021
The Allied Market
Washington’s Sister Susie Society
August 5, 2021
The Danbury Hatters
August 4, 2021
Hall of Flags: Memorial to Connecticut’s Civil War Colors
August 4, 2021
Lake Pocotopaug, East Hampton
Lake Pocotopaug Shapes the Growth of East Hampton
August 3, 2021
Corpse preserver
Death and Mourning in the Civil War Era
August 2, 2021
Ralph Earl, A View of the Town of Concord etched by Amos Doolittle
Ralph Earl: Portrait of an Early American Artist
August 1, 2021
Hope on the Wall: Connecticut’s New Deal Post Office Murals
July 31, 2021
Tomb of Lady Fenwick, Saybrook Point
An Old Saybrook Borough has a Stately History
July 30, 2021
Connecticut Valley R. R. schedule
Connecticut Valley Railroad’s First Train – Today in History: July 29
July 29, 2021
Trolley interior, Branford Electric Railway - Trolley Museum
Branford Gets On the Trolley
July 28, 2021
A Baltic Mill Helps Found a New Town
July 27, 2021
Roger Tory Peterson, European starlings
Artist Roger Tory Peterson, a Champion for the Natural World
July 27, 2021
Wide Awakes banner
Hartford Wide-Awakes – Today in History: July 26
July 26, 2021
Dressing Table. Probably made in 1783 by the shop of Eliphalet Chapin
Connecticut Valley Style: Eliphalet Chapin Inspires a Tradition of Craft
July 25, 2021
Herbert Abrams Self Portrait
Herbert Abrams Immortalizes the Nation’s Leaders
July 24, 2021
The Adventure of a Lifetime: John Ledyard and Captain Cook’s Last Voyage
July 23, 2021
Alexander Calder at Stegosaurus sculpture dedication
A World in Motion: Artist and Sculptor Alexander Calder
July 22, 2021
Dr. Sheffield's creme dentifrice box
Aristocratic Dental Cream Gets Squeezed
July 21, 2021
Entrance to Steeplechase Island, Bridgeport
A Unique Island Attraction in Bridgeport
July 20, 2021
Orville Platt Helps Define International Relations after the Spanish-American War
July 19, 2021
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, 2021
Hiram Bingham IV
Hiram Bingham IV: A Humanitarian Honored for Saving Lives during WWII
July 17, 2021
The White Mountain Express, traveling 50 miles per hour went off the track in Greenwich
The White Mountain Express Derails in Greenwich
July 16, 2021
Candlewood Lake construction
Creating Candlewood Lake – Today in History: July 15
July 15, 2021
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, 2021
Street sign for Gallows Lane
Gallows Lane and the Execution of Barnett Davenport
July 14, 2021
John Warner Barber, South Western view of Ashford, Conn
The Path to Ashford’s Progress
July 13, 2021
Deep River Drum Corps
The World’s Record for the Largest Muster – Who Knew?
July 13, 2021
Connecticut Votes for Women
Connecticut Suffragists Appeal to the President – Today in History: July 12
July 12, 2021
Bridgeport’s Catastrophic 1911 Train Wreck
July 11, 2021
Batman and the Outsiders #1, cover art by Jim Aparo
Drawn to Superheroes
July 10, 2021
Eight Mile River
Continuity and Change along the Eightmile River
July 9, 2021
Erector set
Erector Set Patented – Today in History: July 8
July 8, 2021
Burning of Fairfield
British Burn Fairfield – Today in History: July 7
July 7, 2021
Clown with bucket
The Hartford Circus Fire – Today in History: July 6
July 6, 2021
The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. Miss Rose Meers, the Greatest living lady rider
P. T. Barnum: An Entertaining Life
July 5, 2021
Advertisement for July 4th balloon flight
Silas Brooks, Balloonist
July 4, 2021
Fourth of July celebration, Woodstock, 1870
President Grant Celebrates Independence Day in Woodstock – Today in History: July 4
July 4, 2021
Margaret Rudkin
Pepperidge Farm Opens Bakery – Today in History: July 4
July 4, 2021
Mohegan Sacred Sites: Moshup’s Rock
July 2, 2021
Uncas Monument
Buffalo Bill Cody Visits the Monument of Uncas – Today in History: July 2
July 2, 2021

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