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Person facing towards the camera with classes, holding a pipe in one hand in their mouth. They are wearing a jacket
Alan L. Hart: Pioneer in Medicine and Transgender History
June 1, 2023
Two photos stitched together. Left photo is a three story house with an extension. Right photo is an Italianate Victorian building.
The Amos Bull House and Sterling Opera House: The First Connecticut Listings on the National Register of Historic Places – Who Knew?
May 22, 2023
A photograph of a rowing shell with 8 rowers sitting at attention and one coxswain on the water
Derby Day on the Housatonic
May 17, 2023
Newspaper clipping featuring text and an image of two men
Connecticut Discovered Lyme Disease – Who Knew?
May 15, 2023
Detail of a fire insurance map with outlined and labeled structures
Connecticut’s First Roman Catholic Church
May 4, 2023
Large room with many people sitting in rows facing a man speaking at a podium
Connecticut and the Armenian Genocide
April 24, 2023
Two picture books propped up against a shelf that has more books
Lillian Hoban: Beloved Illustrator of “I Can Read” Books
April 17, 2023
Man sitting at a piano, turned away from the piano, facing the photographer. He is wearing a white shirt. There is a potted plant to his left and lots of music books on the piano
James Merrill: Connecticut’s First Poet Laureate
April 11, 2023
Wooden sign in front of a tree reading "welcome to Banner Lodge"
Banner Lodge: A Vacation Playground for an Excluded Population
April 4, 2023
The 29th First to Enter Confederate Capital When It Surrenders – Today in History: April 3
April 3, 2023
Fuller Brush building following collapse of tower
Fuller Brush Tower Collapses – Today in History: March 31
March 31, 2023
Benjamin Spock: Raising the World’s Children
March 30, 2023
Several people in a tobacco barn
Polish Tobacco Farmers in the Connecticut River Valley
March 29, 2023
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
March 28, 2023
Bursting of the Staffordville Reservoir
Bursting of the Staffordville Reservoir – Today in History: March 27
March 27, 2023
Southern New England Telephone Company Operator School
Connecticut’s First Female Telephone Operator – Today in History: March 24
March 24, 2023
Portrait painting of a man from the chest up wearing a red shirt, light colored coat, a hat, and glasses
George Laurence Nelson: Artist of Kent’s Seven Hearths
March 23, 2023
Lydia Sherman: The Derby Poisoner
March 22, 2023
Connecticut Agricultural College coeds gathering maple sap for war effort
A New Source of Farm Labor Crops Up in Wartime
March 21, 2023
Black and white profile portrait of a woman looking to the side.
Alice Hamilton: The Nation’s Leading Expert on Industrial Diseases
March 20, 2023
1956 St. Patrick’s Day parade
St. Patrick’s Day – Today in History: March 17
March 17, 2023
Hartford Street Railway Company Electricians, ca. 1907. Electrifying the railroad created new jobs
A Revolution in Horse Power: The Hartford & Wethersfield Horse Railroad Goes Electric
March 16, 2023
Photograph of a brown two story house with an attic and two chimneys. There is a white fence in front of the house
The Welcoming Warmth of Kent’s Seven Hearths
March 15, 2023
Clare Boothe Luce Changed Perceptions about Women in Business and Politics
March 14, 2023
Artwork of a ship close to shore with people in rowboats. There is a large flag protruding from the mast of the ship. There is text at the bottom of the image.
Connecticut’s French Connections
March 13, 2023
Page from a book with colorful illustrations of animals in a human town situation
The Road to Busytown: Richard Scarry’s Life in Fairfield County
March 10, 2023
The Trailblazing Bessye Bennett
March 9, 2023
Ella Grasso at the Danbury Fair, ca. 1975-80
America’s First Woman Governor: Ella Grasso, 1919-1981
March 8, 2023
Fields and pastures, Sharon
Turnpikes and Transportation in Sharon
March 7, 2023
Food Needed to Win the War Comes from Washington
March 6, 2023
Large ornate building
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Captures the Gilded Age in Norwalk
March 3, 2023
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
The Lyman Allyn Opens – Today in History: March 2
March 2, 2023
Gwen Reed, circa 1950's
Actress Gwen Reed Best Remembered for Dedication to Childhood Literacy
February 28, 2023
William Gillette’s Last Performance – Today in History: February 27
February 27, 2023
Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds
Race Restrictive Covenants in Property Deeds
February 24, 2023
The Socially Dynamic Drumlin of Foss Hill
February 23, 2023
Black and white photograph of a group of men sitting or standing in front of a brick building
Southington Cutlery Company: From Silverware to Hardware
February 22, 2023
The Sea in their Blood: The Portuguese in New London County
February 21, 2023
Picture of George W. Bush as a baby
Connecticut’s Only US President – Who Knew?
February 20, 2023
Detail of Bethany area from Map of Connecticut, from actual survey by Moses Warren, 1811
Bethany: Small-town Perseverance in the Face of Growing Industrialization
February 17, 2023
Discovering the Mysterious Identity of the “Kent Limner”
February 16, 2023
James Lindsey Smith Takes the Underground Railroad to Connecticut
February 15, 2023
Detail of A Map of the Fortified Country of Man’s Heart
The Open and Fortified Country of the Human Heart: A Victorian Lady’s View of Love
February 14, 2023
Cornwall Bridge Furnace, Cornwall
Two Cornwall Firms Part of Famed Salisbury Iron District
February 13, 2023
Patent drawing of an ironing board improvement
Sarah Boone: First Connecticut Black Woman to Receive Patent
February 10, 2023
Poster with a blue and red swirl
Alexander Calder and Making Art Political
February 9, 2023
Detail from the bird's-eye map Bristol, Conn. Looking North-East, 1889
Joel T. Case and the Victorianization of Bristol’s Federal Hill
February 8, 2023
The Blizzard of 1978
Blizzard Halts Mail Delivery – Today in History: February 7
February 7, 2023
Charles Ethan Porter, Fruit: Apples, Grapes, Peaches, and Pears
Charles Ethan Porter, Portrait of a 19th-Century African American Painter
February 6, 2023
Dr. Mary Moody sitting on her front porch
Dr. Mary B. Moody Challenges Victorian Mores About Women in Medicine
February 3, 2023

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