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Colorized postcard depicting a statue at Putnam Memorial State Park
Connecticut’s Valley Forge: The Redding Encampment and Putnam Memorial State Park
April 19, 2024
Gravestones at a cemetery
New England Society for Psychic Research: Connecticut Paranormal Investigators Leave Legacy of the Occult
April 5, 2024
Large house with trees and hedges
Woodstock’s Roseland Cottage
April 3, 2024
Side of a house with a painting on one wall
The Orrin Freeman House and the Spirit of ‘76
March 21, 2024
Advertisement with a drawing of a silk spooler and text
L.D. Brown and Son Silk Mill: A Staple in Middletown’s South Farms District
March 13, 2024
Full body painting of a woman in colonial dress holding a firearm looking outside
Abigail Hinman: Heroine of the American Revolution or Legend?
March 1, 2024
Detail of a map of Middletown, Connecticut
Middletown’s Beman Triangle: A Testament to Black Freedom and Resilience
December 13, 2023
A man sitting at a piano and a woman standing, singing
Rosa Ponselle: Meriden’s Famous Musical Daughter
December 12, 2023
Drawing of a group of women gathered together sewing
Hebron’s Josephine Sophia (White) Griffing and a Vision for Post-Emancipation America
December 11, 2023
Print showing three men working in a printshop preparing a plate for the press and operating the press, circa 1642
Thomas Short – Connecticut’s First Official Printer
December 5, 2023
Engraving drawing of several buildings
John Warner Barber’s Engravings Chronicle Connecticut History
November 14, 2023
Newspaper clipping with a large photograph of two people getting married with the headline "More than Partners"
Connecticut Issues Same-Sex Marriage Licenses for the First Time – Today In History: November 12
November 12, 2023
Two people standing next to a large printing press
Charlton Publications: Song Lyric Printing Business to Major Player in the Comic Book Industry
October 5, 2023
Oil painting of numerous men gathered around a table listening to one man reading
Linonian and Brothers in Unity: The Societies that Built Yale University’s Library
October 2, 2023
Industrial scene where several men are working at a manufactured gas plant
Early Connecticut Gas Light Companies
September 26, 2023
Large building in the background across from a green lawn and walking path
Connecticut College for Women: The State’s First All-Female Institution of Higher Learning
September 12, 2023
Print of a factory
Illuminating Connecticut’s Past: The Bradley & Hubbard Legacy
September 11, 2023
Print of a parade of a two-faced Benedict Arnold through the streets of Philadelphia
New London’s Tradition of Burning Benedict Arnold…in Effigy – Who Knew?
September 6, 2023
Black and white photograph of a submarine draped in American flags on the water.
Electric Boat: From Innovation Trials to WWII Submarine Leadership
September 4, 2023
Section of a handwritten document
Black Loyalist Refugees: Toney Escapes During the Burning of Fairfield
September 1, 2023
Poster with a blue and red flag and several people underneath cheering
Army-Navy “E” Award Honors Connecticut for Support Against the Axis Powers
August 29, 2023
Fairground
A Fair to Remember in Brooklyn
August 25, 2023
A white sign in the foreground with a yellow house in the background
Miss Porter’s School in Farmington
August 24, 2023
Graphic of multi colored lines spinning around a gold circle that reads "National History Day 2024 Turning Points in History"
Connecticut History Day 2024: Turning Points in History
August 22, 2023
Photograph of a horse hitched to a wagon driven by a man with milk cans in the wagon.
Derby’s Osbornedale Farms, Frances Kellogg, and the Dairy Industry
July 28, 2023
Newspaper headline that reads "Girl Flyer Gets License, Aviation Writer's Paper Gets Story By Hard Work"
“Girl Pilot”: Mary Goodrich Jenson Breaks Barriers in Aviation and Journalism
July 21, 2023
A car with one person driving and a man with a camera standing on the back bumper and a woman kneeling on the roof with a camera.
Photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White: “No Picture Was Unimportant to Her”
July 17, 2023
Dark colored cornish hen standing in grass with leaves
Jacques and Therese Makowsky and the Development of the Cornish Game Hen
July 11, 2023
Red onion surrounded by text
Oniontown: How Hard Work, Tall Tales, and Red Onions Built Wethersfield
June 22, 2023
Detail of a land point on a map labeled "Cornfield Point"
Cornfield Point: Old Saybrook’s Forgotten Scenic Alcove
June 20, 2023
Man sitting on a bench in front of a storefront
Jewish Farming Communities in Connecticut in the 19th and 20th Centuries
June 13, 2023
Lithograph depicting two steamboats crashing into each other with people jumping over the sides into the water. There is text at the bottom.
Disaster on the Sound: The Collision of the Steamboats Stonington and Narragansett
June 12, 2023
Tan colored bonnet with a green ribbon attached
Sophia Woodhouse Welles: Wethersfield’s World-Famous Bonnet Maker
June 7, 2023
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

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