Imagining Connecticut

State Heroine Prudence Crandall

September 3, 2020 • Expansion and Reform 1801-1861, Hide Featured Image, Imagining Connecticut, Canterbury, Prudence Crandall, Education, Women

Prudence Crandall was born in 1803 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island,…

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Launching of the USS Nautilus 1954

August 3, 2020 • Postwar United States 1945-1970s, Hide Featured Image, Imagining Connecticut, Groton, Transportation, War and Defense

The USS Nautilus demonstrates Connecticut’s continuing maritime traditions and dedication…

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Connecticut Suffragists 1919

March 26, 2020 • Hide Featured Image, Imagining Connecticut, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Law, Politics and Government, Social Movements, Women

Despite the fact that the women in this well-known photograph…

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Munitions Assembly Line 1943

March 6, 2020 • Great Depression and World War II 1929-1945, Imagining Connecticut, Business and Industry, War and Defense, Women, Work, World War II

The women and factory depicted in this picture are unknown,…

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1850s Equal Rights Activist James Mars

February 1, 2020 • Hide Featured Image, Imagining Connecticut, James Mars, Everyday Life, Hartford, Norwalk, Slavery and Abolition, Social Movements

James Mars was born into slavery in Connecticut in 1790….

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The Legend of the Charter Oak

August 21, 2019 • Pre-Colonization and Settlement Up Through 1763, Imagining Connecticut, Folklore, Hartford, Politics and Government

This Charles D. Brownell painting from the mid-1850s epitomizes the…

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Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published 1852

June 14, 2015 • Hide Featured Image, Imagining Connecticut, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Literature, Hartford, Slavery and Abolition

Harriet Beecher was born to a prominent Connecticut family in…

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Dedication of the New State Capitol, 1876

March 12, 2014 • Hide Featured Image, Imagining Connecticut, The State

Who are we? What traditions and accomplishments define us as…

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Colt workers in front of the Armory, 1876

Workers at the Colt Armory, Hartford 1867

February 4, 2014 • Civil War and Reconstruction 1850-1877, Imagining Connecticut, Samuel Colt, Business and Industry, Civil War, Invention and Technology, Hartford, War and Defense, Work

Colt Firearms has been one of the most prominent industries…

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View of the Merritt Parkway in the 1930's

Merritt Parkway 1939

February 2, 2014 • Great Depression and World War II 1929-1945, Imagining Connecticut, Architecture, Invention and Technology, Transportation

As early as 1919 the Connecticut Department of Transportation recognized…

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The Yankee Peddler 1850

February 1, 2014 • Imagining Connecticut, Business and Industry, The State

Yankee peddlers were a common sight in the Connecticut countryside…

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A Legacy of Thriving Cities 1905

February 1, 2014 • Imagining Connecticut, Environment, Everyday Life, Immigration

The turn of the century brought a sharp rise in…

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Crew of the Whaling Schooner Margaret 1907

February 1, 2014 • Imagining Connecticut, Business and Industry

Although no particular data is available on the Margaret, she…

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Suburban Development, Lower Litchfield County

Suburban Development in Litchfield County 1982

February 1, 2014 • Imagining Connecticut, Bloomfield, Architecture, Everyday Life, Trumbull, Woodbridge

Few other states felt the lure of the suburbs as…

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Shade Grown Tobacco, Windsor 1965

February 1, 2014 • Imagining Connecticut, Agriculture, Business and Industry

Connecticut’s agricultural traditions have endured over hundreds of years, and…

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Workers at the Eli Terry Clock Factory 1850

February 1, 2014 • Imagining Connecticut, Eli Terry, Business and Industry, Invention and Technology, Plymouth

Connecticut manufacturer Eli Terry was born in 1772. He began working…

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Fort Griswold and the Battle of Groton Heights 1781

February 1, 2014 • Imagining Connecticut, Benedict Arnold, Groton, New London, War and Defense

East of the Thames River, on Groton Heights, Fort Griswold…

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Twenty-three-year old Virginia Algonquian man

Algonquin Man 1645

February 1, 2014 • Pre-Colonization and Settlement Up Through 1763, Hide Featured Image, Imagining Connecticut, Native Americans, Pequot War

The Native American presence in Connecticut represents an important part…

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Mayor's Council Armenian Group, Hartford, 1920

Welcoming Armenian Immigrants, Hartford, 1920

February 1, 2014 • Imagining Connecticut, Immigration, Hartford

This naturalization ceremony in Hartford demonstrates the importance of the…

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Wethersfield Academy Est. 1804

February 1, 2014 • Imagining Connecticut, Henry Barnard, Belief, Education, Wethersfield, Women

Connecticut is celebrated for its long-lasting commitment to education. In…

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A Puritan Landscape New Haven Town Green

February 1, 2014 • Imagining Connecticut, Environment, New Haven, Politics and Government

On April 24, 1638 Rev. John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton…

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Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum Est. 1842

February 1, 2014 • Imagining Connecticut, Arts, Hartford

Art and culture have always played an important role in…

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Park Street Festival, Hartford 1978

February 1, 2014 • Imagining Connecticut, Everyday Life, Immigration, Hartford, Sports and Recreation

Despite the exodus to the suburbs, Connecticut’s cities still retain…

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Private Henry Cornwall 1862

February 1, 2014 • Hide Featured Image, Imagining Connecticut, Civil War, New Haven, War and Defense

The State of Connecticut sent over 55,000 troops to help…

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Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn Published 1885

February 1, 2014 • Hide Featured Image, Imagining Connecticut, Mark Twain, Literature

Mark Twain was born Samuel Langehorne Clemens on November 30,…

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