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Illuminating Connecticut’s Past: The Bradley & Hubbard Legacy

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Army-Navy “E” Award Honors Connecticut for Support Against the Axis Powers

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“Girl Pilot”: Mary Goodrich Jenson Breaks Barriers in Aviation and Journalism

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Sophia Woodhouse Welles: Wethersfield’s World-Famous Bonnet Maker

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Willimantic’s American Thread Plant–A Multinational Corporate Takeover

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A Connecticut Slave in George Washington’s Army

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Andover Looks Good on Paper

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The Rise and Fall of Manufacturing in Bridgeport: The Case of Bryant Electric

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The Kewpies Buy A House in Westport

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Ending the Danbury Shakes: A Story of Workers’ Rights and Corporate Responsibility

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Bevin Brothers Helps Transform East Hampton into Belltown, USA

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Amelia Simmons Adds a Uniquely American Flavor to Cooking

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Seth Thomas Works Around the Clock in Wolcott

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Roger Griswold: A Governor Not Afraid To Challenge Authority

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Broadway Comes to Westport

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Benjamin Wright: The Father of American Civil Engineering

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New Haven: What Was Everyday Life Like During the Civil War?

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Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Company Puts Best Foot Forward

Portland Improves the Steam Engine

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The Wallingford Oneida Community

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Nicholas Grillo and his Thornless Rose

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The Sand Hogs Set the Foundation for the Bulkeley Bridge

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Branford’s History Is Set in Stone

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The Many Layers to Onion Farming in Westport

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East Haven’s Revolutionary Salt Works

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Cornelius Bushnell and His Ironclad Ship

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“Something to Show for Our Work”: Building Brainard Airport

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Mary Hall: Connecticut’s First Female Attorney

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The Newsies Strike Back

The Innumerable Accolades Afforded Dr. William H. Welch

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Hartford’s Fuller Brush Company Goes Door-to-Door Across US

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Video – Emily Dunning Barringer Tribute Film

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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Connecticut Lessons from a Tragedy

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Waterbury’s Radium Girls

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Early 19th-Century Immigration in Connecticut

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A Woman Ahead of Her Time: Mabel Osgood Wright

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Munitions Assembly Line 1943

North and South: The Legacy of Eli Whitney

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The Industrial Revolution Comes to Jewett City

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“Negroes Who Stand Up and Fight Back” – Paul Robeson in Hartford

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Clarence Dickinson Carries Printing Innovation into the 20th Century

Windsor Tobacco: Made in the Shade

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Samuel Colt…and Sewing Machines?

Union Brew

Video – Augusta Lewis Troup Tribute Film

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Video – Barbara McClintock Tribute Film

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Hidden Nearby: Two Monuments to Sportsmen at Housatonic Meadows State Park

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Video – Martha Parsons Tribute Film

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The Hartford Courant: The Oldest US Newspaper in Continuous Publication

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The Darlings Make Preservation a Family Affair

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100 Years of Workers’ Compensation

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Free Speech for Some – Who Knew?

American Chairs, Made in Connecticut

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A Shipping and Railroad Magnate Remembers His Connecticut Roots

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One Powerful Family in Bozrah

William Edgar Simonds: A Schoolteacher Turned Civil War Hero

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Stanley Works for New Britain

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Connecticut Daredevil Andrew Mamedoff Joins Royal Air Force

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When Milk Powered Watertown’s Industry

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Elias Perkins: One of Lisbon’s Most Accomplished Public Servants

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When Bozrah Provided Comfort to the Nation

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When the World Ran on Connecticut Time

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Workers at the Colt Armory, Hartford 1867

Zebulon Brockway: A Controversial Figure in Prison Reform

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Three Young Engineers: Charting New Haven

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Armstrong Finds a Niche in the Tire Market

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Philip Corbin: Manufacturing A Legacy for New Britain

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A Pioneering Connecticut Firearm

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