1850s Equal Rights Activist James Mars
February 1, 2017
James Mars was born into slavery in Norwalk, Connecticut in 1790. At the age of 25 he won his freedom,... Read more » …[more]
Imagining Connecticut
State Heroine Prudence Crandall
September 3, 2016
Prudence Crandall was born in 1803 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, the daughter of Quaker parents. In 1831 she opened a... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Canterbury, Education, Expansion and Reform, Imagining Connecticut, Prudence Crandall, Women
Launching of the USS Nautilus 1954
August 3, 2016
The USS Nautilus demonstrates Connecticut’s continuing maritime traditions and dedication to our national defense. In July of 1951, Congress authorized... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Groton, Imagining Connecticut, Postwar United States, Transportation, War and Defense
Connecticut Suffragists 1919
March 26, 2016
Despite the fact that the women in this well-known photograph are unidentified, Connecticut was home to many important figures in... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Imagining Connecticut, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Law, Politics and Government, Social Movements, Women
Munitions Assembly Line 1943
March 6, 2016
The women and factory depicted in this picture are unknown, but it represents Connecticut’s long held vital role in the... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Business and Industry, Great Depression and World War II, Imagining Connecticut, War and Defense, Women, Work, World War II
The Legend of the Charter Oak
August 21, 2015
This Charles D. Brownell painting from the mid-1850s epitomizes the incredible importance that the Charter Oak tree held in the... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Colonization and Settlement, Folklore, Hartford, Imagining Connecticut, Politics and Government
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published 1852
June 14, 2015
Harriet Beecher was born to a prominent Connecticut family in Litchfield on June 14, 1811. Before she began her prolific... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hartford, Imagining Connecticut, Literature, Slavery and Abolition
Imagining Connecticut
March 12, 2014
Who are we? What traditions and accomplishments define us as a state and shape our lives today? This is our... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Imagining Connecticut, The State
Workers at the Colt Armory, Hartford 1867
February 4, 2014
Colt Firearms has been one of the most prominent industries in Hartford for over 150 years. In 1836, Samuel Colt... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Business and Industry, Civil War, Civil War and Reconstruction, Hartford, Imagining Connecticut, Invention and Technology, Samuel Colt, War and Defense, Work
Merritt Parkway 1939
February 2, 2014
As early as 1919 the Connecticut Department of Transportation recognized the need for an alternate road to Route 1 (also... Read more » …[more]
