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Map of Connecticut
Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824 Tour of Connecticut
July 2, 2025
Engraving of a man from the waist up
Nathaniel Lyon: First US General to Die During the Civil War
June 24, 2025
Jodi Rell standing at a podium and speaking into a microphone.
M. Jodi Rell: Connecticut’s 87th Governor
June 16, 2025
Drawing of the state arms of Connecticut
Connecticut State Seal and Arms
May 30, 2025
Photograph of a whaling ship
Charles W. Morgan: New England’s Last Surviving Wooden Whaling Ship
May 28, 2025
A hand drawn map of New England
Edward Hopkins: Connecticut’s 2nd Governor
May 23, 2025
Photograph of a brick building
New London’s Hygienic Art Building
May 2, 2025
Photograph of a group of seated women in front of a building.
Martha Minerva Franklin: Breaking Barriers for Black Nurses
March 26, 2025
Detail of a map
“Legalized Piracy”: Connecticut’s Revolutionary War Privateers
March 17, 2025
Clipping from a newspaper
The Explosion of the Redding Baptist Meeting House
January 31, 2025
Man in a black sweatshirt and black overalls standing on a balcony.
Larry Kramer: Gay Rights and HIV/AIDS Activism
January 8, 2025
Two women sitting next to each other
Ethel Collins Dunham: Pioneer in Pediatrics
December 11, 2024
Group of students standing behind a banner reading Connecticut History Day
Connecticut History Day 2025: Rights and Responsibilities in History
August 22, 2024
Photograph of an open-spandrel bridge over a river
Middletown’s Arrawanna Bridge
August 2, 2024
Black and white image of a building
Jonathan Trumbull’s Lebanon War Office: The “Pentagon of the Revolution”
July 29, 2024
Cabinet card portrait of a woman looking to the side
Sarah Harris Fayerweather
June 10, 2024
Modern style house in low lighting
Philip Johnson’s Glass House
May 31, 2024
A yellow painted house next to a road
Thankful Arnold’s House
May 28, 2024
Aerial photograph of a house and gardens
Battle of Goshen Point
May 15, 2024
Cover of a book titled "The Negro Motorist Green Book" with other text
Navigating Connecticut Safely: The Green Book’s Role in African American Travel
May 13, 2024
House with two chimneys
The Henry Whitfield House
May 3, 2024
Black and white photo of a large home
Ridgefield’s Keeler Tavern
April 27, 2024
Colorized postcard depicting a statue at Putnam Memorial State Park
Connecticut’s Valley Forge: The Redding Encampment and Putnam Memorial State Park
April 19, 2024
Gravestones at a cemetery
New England Society for Psychic Research: Connecticut Paranormal Investigators Leave Legacy of the Occult
April 5, 2024
Large house with trees and hedges
Woodstock’s Roseland Cottage
April 3, 2024
Side of a house with a painting on one wall
The Orrin Freeman House and the Spirit of ‘76
March 21, 2024
Advertisement with a drawing of a silk spooler and text
L.D. Brown and Son Silk Mill: A Staple in Middletown’s South Farms District
March 13, 2024
Full body painting of a woman in colonial dress holding a firearm looking outside
Abigail Hinman: Heroine of the American Revolution or Legend?
March 1, 2024
Detail of a map of Middletown, Connecticut
Middletown’s Beman Triangle: A Testament to Black Freedom and Resilience
December 13, 2023
A man sitting at a piano and a woman standing, singing
Rosa Ponselle: Meriden’s Famous Musical Daughter
December 12, 2023
Drawing of a group of women gathered together sewing
Hebron’s Josephine Sophia (White) Griffing and a Vision for Post-Emancipation America
December 11, 2023
Print showing three men working in a printshop preparing a plate for the press and operating the press, circa 1642
Thomas Short – Connecticut’s First Official Printer
December 5, 2023
Engraving drawing of several buildings
John Warner Barber’s Engravings Chronicle Connecticut History
November 14, 2023
Newspaper clipping with a large photograph of two people getting married with the headline "More than Partners"
Connecticut Issues Same-Sex Marriage Licenses for the First Time – Today In History: November 12
November 12, 2023
Two people standing next to a large printing press
Charlton Publications: Song Lyric Printing Business to Major Player in the Comic Book Industry
October 5, 2023
Oil painting of numerous men gathered around a table listening to one man reading
Linonian and Brothers in Unity: The Societies that Built Yale University’s Library
October 2, 2023
Industrial scene where several men are working at a manufactured gas plant
Early Connecticut Gas Light Companies
September 26, 2023
Large building in the background across from a green lawn and walking path
Connecticut College for Women: The State’s First All-Female Institution of Higher Learning
September 12, 2023
Print of a factory
Illuminating Connecticut’s Past: The Bradley & Hubbard Legacy
September 11, 2023
Print of a parade of a two-faced Benedict Arnold through the streets of Philadelphia
New London’s Tradition of Burning Benedict Arnold…in Effigy – Who Knew?
September 6, 2023
Black and white photograph of a submarine draped in American flags on the water.
Electric Boat: From Innovation Trials to WWII Submarine Leadership
September 4, 2023
Section of a handwritten document
Black Loyalist Refugees: Toney Escapes During the Burning of Fairfield
September 1, 2023
Poster with a blue and red flag and several people underneath cheering
Army-Navy “E” Award Honors Connecticut for Support Against the Axis Powers
August 29, 2023
A white sign in the foreground with a yellow house in the background
Miss Porter’s School in Farmington
August 24, 2023
Photograph of a horse hitched to a wagon driven by a man with milk cans in the wagon.
Derby’s Osbornedale Farms, Frances Kellogg, and the Dairy Industry
July 28, 2023
Newspaper headline that reads "Girl Flyer Gets License, Aviation Writer's Paper Gets Story By Hard Work"
“Girl Pilot”: Mary Goodrich Jenson Breaks Barriers in Aviation and Journalism
July 21, 2023
A car with one person driving and a man with a camera standing on the back bumper and a woman kneeling on the roof with a camera.
Photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White: “No Picture Was Unimportant to Her”
July 17, 2023
Dark colored cornish hen standing in grass with leaves
Jacques and Therese Makowsky and the Development of the Cornish Game Hen
July 11, 2023
Red onion surrounded by text
Oniontown: How Hard Work, Tall Tales, and Red Onions Built Wethersfield
June 22, 2023
Detail of a land point on a map labeled "Cornfield Point"
Cornfield Point: Old Saybrook’s Forgotten Scenic Alcove
June 20, 2023

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