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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
Edwin Land Inventor of the Polaroid Born – Today in History: May 7
May 7, 2022
Nurses getting water at Base Hospital No.21, Rouen. This unit supported the British Expeditionary Force
Ruth Hovey: Heroic Battlefield Nurse
May 6, 2022
Louis’ Lunch eatery at its original location on George Street
Louis’ Lunch and the Birth of the Hamburger
May 5, 2022
English barn, Ashford
Barn Design in Connecticut
May 4, 2022
Portrait of an older man wearing a black suit and a white clerical collar. He is also wearing glasses and has a white handkerchief in his breast pocket
Canon Clinton Jones: A Revolutionary Figure in Connecticut’s LGBTQ+ History
May 3, 2022
Hoffman Wall Paper Company in Hartford
Tradition and Transformation Define Hartford’s Jewish Community
May 2, 2022
Chinese Educational Mission: the college, Hartford
Yung Wing, the Chinese Educational Mission, and Transnational Connecticut
May 1, 2022
photo of Dave Brubeck, jazz musician
“Take Five” with Dave Brubeck
April 30, 2022
Drawing of a man's profile turned to the left. He has a long beard and is wearing glasses.
Arbor Day’s Roots in Connecticut – Who Knew?
April 29, 2022
The Collins Company Dry Grinding Department, Collinsville
World-renowned Maker of Axes: The Collins Company of Canton
April 28, 2022
Jared Eliot
Jared Eliot Calls on Colonists to Change their Agricultural Practices
April 27, 2022
Woman sitting in a small boat on a body of water with a fishing pole in her hand.
Edith Watson: Camera Artist
April 26, 2022
Detail from Map of Windham County, Connecticut
The Pike Family Lived a Life of Dyeing
April 25, 2022
Frances Laughlin Wadsworth: Sculpting the Past
April 24, 2022
Public library, Southington
A History of Libraries Speaks Volumes About Southington
April 23, 2022
Bridge on the grounds of Gillette's Castle
A Public Responsibility: Conservation and Development in the 20th Century
April 22, 2022
University of Connecticut, Commencement
UConn and the Evolution of a Public University
April 21, 2022
Connecticut Shore, Winter by John Henry Twachtman
Connecticut and American Impressionism
April 20, 2022
Shaker women and buildings, Enfield, 1890s
Shakers Revolutionize Garden Seed Business – Who Knew?
April 19, 2022
Vivien Kellems Takes On the IRS
April 18, 2022
Marian Anderson with (on left) Governor Chester Bowles and W.C. Handy
Marian Anderson’s Role in the Civil Rights Movement
April 17, 2022
Aldrich Free Public Library, Plainfield
Aldrich Free Public Library: Dedicated to the Dissemination of Knowledge
April 16, 2022
Soldier, Patriot, and Politician: The Life of Oliver Wolcott
April 15, 2022
Deep River, 1934 aerial survey
Road Signs of the Air
April 14, 2022
Charles H. Dow
Humble Beginnings of the Dow Jones: How a Sterling Farmer Became the Toast of Wall Street
April 13, 2022
Black and white photo of a large brick and wood house. The house is asymmetrical and has many gables. There are large trees surrounding the house.
George Griffin: “Devoted Friend” to Samuel Clemens
April 12, 2022
Governor Ribicoff
Abraham Ribicoff: Kennedy Confidant and Connecticut’s First Jewish Governor
April 11, 2022
Keney Park Meadow, ca. early 1900s
The Park Movement in Hartford
April 10, 2022
Shad Hat
Mad about Shad: Connecticut’s Love Affair with an Oily Fish
April 9, 2022
Mounds Candy Bar Involved in Espionage – Who Knew?
April 8, 2022
A man hitting a pitched baseball. Two men stand behind the hitter, the catcher and the umpire.
Muzzy Field: A Historic Ball Park Survives in a Post-Industrial City
April 7, 2022
Self portrait Samuel Waldo Lovett
Samuel Waldo Born – Today in History: April 6
April 6, 2022
J.O. Davidson, Battle of Port Hudson
Connecticut’s Naval Contributions to the Civil War
April 5, 2022
Eleanor: The Maltese Port painting by Vincenzo D'Esposito
The Slaters Go Round the World
April 4, 2022

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