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Bela Carter · portrait published 1906COLLECTION 001 Cemeteries
West Cemetery
Meriden
Recovering the names, family connections and burial references of a historic Meriden cemetery.
Opening date under research
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English Station in the neighborhood streetscape
The power station rises beyond a New Haven intersection. The street-level view shows how the industrial building remained part of the surrounding neighborhood after generation ended.
1936
Yale Bowl in 1936
Carl Van Vechten photographed the Bowl more than twenty years after its opening. The empty curves of seating make the stadium’s continuous shape especially clear.
Circa 1865–1870
New Haven Harbor from the depot tower
Whitney, Beckwith & Paradice’s stereoscopic view looks toward the harbor and Long Wharf. The two adjacent pictures form one stereograph, preserved here as a complete historical object.
Image credit & source
Whitney, Beckwith & Paradice -- Photographer; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
Original source1957
New Haven Alcos at New Haven 1957 postcard
1970s postcard of two Alco FA-1 units at New Haven Yard in mid-1957
August 13, 2010
Cedarcrest in August 2010
A surviving Cedarcrest building photographed in Newington in August 2010. The image records the campus in its later hospital era, a century after the tuberculosis institution opened.
Image credit & source
Josh Michtom, Flickr; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Reproduced for this noncommercial nonprofit archive under the same license.
Original source · Reuse terms2008-10-24
Andrew Mellon Library
Andrew Mellon Library, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA. Built 1925.
Published 1919
Winchester Hospital across the grounds
The main hospital appears beyond its open grounds. The 1919 history describes the Army hospital occupying the William Wirt Winchester memorial buildings. A place associated with tuberculosis care became part of the wartime medical system.
Image credit & source
History and Roster of the United States Army General Hospital No. 16 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1919), scan page 12. Internet Archive / Library of Congress.
Original source · Reuse termsUndated; historic engineering survey photograph
Tract K shooting range: northeast exterior
Winchester Tract K shooting range, looking southwest.
Image credit & source
Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service; photographer not identified in source metadata / Public domain
Original sourcePublished 1917
The Union Metallic Cartridge works in 1917
Rail lines fill the foreground of this broad view of the Bridgeport works. Factory blocks, chimneys and a water tower show how the business occupied an industrial landscape connected to transport. Published in a 1917 local history, the photograph records a working complex long before later abandonment.
Image credit & source
George Curtis Waldo, History of Bridgeport and Vicinity, volume I (1917), plate facing p. 182; Internet Archive via Wikimedia Commons.
Original source · Reuse termscirca 1930–1945
A souvenir city after dark
The printed moon, bright signs and crowded amusement frontage make Beach Street into a nighttime destination. This is a colored linen postcard, not an unaltered color photograph. It records how Savin Rock was pictured and sold to visitors.
Image credit & source
Tichnor Brothers, publisher. Boston Public Library, Tichnor Brothers Collection. Public domain in the United States.
Original sourceCirca 1977–1978
Bruce Springsteen at the New Haven Coliseum
Bruce Springsteen performing on stage, identified by source as New Haven Coliseum. Bruce Springsteen performing at the Coliseum, around 1977–1978. Concert photographs reveal the cultural life inside an often-debated building.
Image credit & source
Carl Lender / Carl Lender on Flickr; Wikimedia Commons
Original source · Reuse termsJuly 21, 1968
Open car 1425 at the Branford trolley museum
Roger Puta photographed the former New Haven Connecticut Company open car at the museum in East Haven. This is a preservation-era photograph, not an image of regular street service.
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Bela Carter · portrait published 1906
St. Mary’s Church · Catholic community context · 1900COLLECTION 002 Cemeteries
Saint Bernard Cemetery
New Haven
Burial references and surviving sources within the history of New Haven’s Catholic community.
Historical origins · 1851 / 1854
A directory entry for Mary E. Hart · 1872COLLECTION 003 People & families
Mary “Midnight Mary” Hart
Evergreen Cemetery · New Haven
A life behind a local legend: the monument, burial-index evidence, historical pages and published grave photographs.
Monument life dates · 1824–1872
Center Church crypt · Marty Aligata · CC BY-SA 4.0COLLECTION 004 Churches
Church burial & death records
New Haven & West Haven
Follow a name through church death lists, early burial entries and the pages of local histories.
Center Church organized · 1639
Cottage D · photograph published in the school’s 1900 reportCOLLECTION 005 Schools & care
Meriden Boys’ Home & School
Meriden, Connecticut
Historic campus photographs, physicians’ mortality reports and cemetery research bring the surviving institutional record into view.
Opening / first recorded · March 1, 1854
First home on Grove Street · engraving published in 1887COLLECTION 006 Orphanages and Children’s Homes
New Haven Orphan Asylum / Children’s Center of Hamden
New Haven & Hamden, Connecticut
Expansion of the existing New Haven Orphan Asylum collection to follow its 1916 Hamden plans, 1925 relocation and successor Children’s Center.
Opening / first recorded · First week of May 1833 in New Haven; Hamden campus in 1925
Gold & Silver Plate at the Columbian Exposition · 1893COLLECTION 007 Businesses
Meriden Britannia Company
Meriden, Connecticut
A founders’ photograph, factory views and original advertisements trace a Meriden manufacturer from metalworking to international silverware sales.
Opening / first recorded · 1852 organization; expansion in 1854–1856
Factory A: Meriden Silver Plate Company · 1906COLLECTION 008 Businesses
Meriden Silver
Meriden, Connecticut
Factory images and an illustrated 1883 trade catalog reveal the products, ordering systems and separate companies behind the Silver City.
Opening / first recorded · Meriden Silver Plate: 1869–1870 formation and operation
Factory panorama, dated 1920 · Original publication unidentified; rendering dated 1920 by Walk New HavenCOLLECTION 009 Businesses
New Haven Clock Works
New Haven, Connecticut
Original advertisements, illustrated products and contemporary records trace the company’s work and changing identity.
Opening / first recorded · Jerome case works: 1844; movement works: 1845
Fine Light Carriages advertisement, 1887 · 1887COLLECTION 010 Businesses
New Haven Carriage Company
New Haven, Connecticut
Original advertisements, illustrated products and contemporary records trace the company’s work and changing identity.
Opening / first recorded · Operating at 5–19 Franklin Street by 1887
West Haven Buckle Company advertises buckles for clothing and suspenders, repeating its 1853 establishment date · 1911COLLECTION 011 Businesses
West Haven Buckle Company
West Haven & Allingtown, Connecticut
Original company advertisements, directory entries and contemporary histories recover the identity and products of a local manufacturer.
Opening / first recorded · 1853, reported by company ads
Beach Street at night, Savin Rock, Conn. · circa 1930–1945COLLECTION 012 Recreation & landscapes
Savin Rock
West Haven, Connecticut
Historic postcards, a stereoscopic photograph and an 1861 hotel menu follow the shoreline from resort grounds to crowded amusement streets.
Opening / first recorded · Memorial Day 1925 corporate park opening
Advertisement locates the company’s office and works on Front Avenue, Allingtown, and names beef scraps, tallow and glue as manufactured products · 1911COLLECTION 013 Businesses
West Haven Fat Rendering
West Haven & Allingtown, Connecticut
Original company advertisements, directory entries and contemporary histories recover the identity and products of a local manufacturer.
Opening / first recorded · 1902 incorporation; ads acquired from 1908
Campus and surrounding landscape — Fairfield Hills · 2006-04-05COLLECTION 014 Hospitals & care
Historic Mental Health Institutions
New Haven & Fairfield counties, Connecticut
Explore six documented institutions, their changing names and uses, and the archives that preserve their histories.
Opening / first recorded · Westport Sanitarium: 1891
Service building and floor plans · 1914COLLECTION 015 Hospitals & care
Undercliff Sanatorium
Meriden, Connecticut
Early building photographs, floor plans and state reports follow the hillside sanatorium and the development of its children’s program.
Opening / first recorded · Undercliff Association: November 15, 1907
Hart–Jarvis House, October 2017 · 2017-10-15COLLECTION 016 Hospitals & historic homes
Elmcrest Hospital & the Colt Connection
Portland, Connecticut · related Colt sites in Hartford
Trace the homes that preceded Elmcrest and the documented connection between the Hart–Jarvis House and Elizabeth Jarvis Colt.
Opening / first recorded · Hospital founding: 1938 in preservation nomination
Main Hospital, published 1888 · 1888COLLECTION 017 Hospitals & care
Connecticut Valley Hospital
Middletown, Connecticut
Read the founding act, early opening report and illustrated accounts of the hospital’s buildings, farm and daily operations.
Opening / first recorded · April 30, 1868: opening to male patients
Hospital exterior from above the fence · 2006-04-30COLLECTION 018 Hospitals & care
Fairfield Hills Hospital
Newtown, Connecticut
Licensed campus photographs and a guide to the hospital’s planning papers, historic albums and preservation records.
Opening / first recorded · First admissions reported: June 1, 1933
Chapel Street looking west, New Haven · Circa 1930–1945, catalog rangeCOLLECTION 019 Transport
New Haven & West Haven Trolleys
New Haven & West Haven, Connecticut · connecting towns
Follow trolley tracks from city streets to Savin Rock through five maps, historic postcards, a federal photograph and a 1904 passenger guide.
Opening / first recorded · 1861 — horsecar service · 1892 — electric service
1886 New Haven directory, classified business section · 1886COLLECTION 020 Recreation & landscapes
Historic Roller Rinks
New Haven & West Haven, Connecticut
Original directory entries and a WPA town history recover rink names, locations and the places of skating in local recreation.
Opening / first recorded · New Haven Roller Skating Rink documented in 1884
A Cruel Husband — Horan household newspaper notice · 1885-09-23 (date supplied by reproducing researcher)COLLECTION 021 Cemeteries
New Haven Municipal Burial Grounds
New Haven, Connecticut
Blake Street and Woodin Street, the two documented New Haven municipal cemeteries often called paupers’ burial grounds.
Opening / first recorded · 1884 (Blake Street); 1927 (Woodin Street)
Evergreen Cemetery’s founding and first interment · 1887COLLECTION 022 Cemeteries
Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut
The 1848 cemetery association, early interments, enlargement and the craftspeople who made its monuments.
Opening / first recorded · Late 1848; consecrated June 29, 1849
Fair Haven Union Cemetery’s 1885 gateway · 2010-10COLLECTION 023 Cemeteries
Fair Haven Union Cemetery
New Haven, Connecticut
The Grand Avenue burial ground, its maritime neighborhood, brownstone gateway and memorial chapel.
Opening / first recorded · Early nineteenth century; graves as early as 1803 reported
Bridgeport: Ringling Bros. Circus Headquarters postcard · 1911 reported postmark; view undatedCOLLECTION 024 Entertainment and public life
Barnum & Bailey Circus: Bridgeport and New Haven
Bridgeport & New Haven, Connecticut
Bridgeport winter quarters and a documented New Haven circus day, told through nineteenth-century engravings, a touring poster, a postcard, and local newspaper evidence from June 1908.
Opening / first recorded · Local winter-quarters opening date not established
Cedarcrest in August 2010 · August 13, 2010. Josh Michtom, Flickr; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Reproduced for this noncommercial nonprofit archive under the same license.COLLECTION 025 Health and public institutions
Cedarcrest Hospital
Newington, Connecticut
Newington’s state tuberculosis institution and its later psychiatric role, documented through original state reports, campus recreation photographs and archival leads.
Opening / first recorded · 1910
West River Memorial Park toward West Rock · 2014-07-09COLLECTION 026 Landscapes & defense
Marginal Drive and the West River landscape
West Haven & New Haven, Connecticut
A former river-edge motor road in West Haven, its New Haven park setting, and the changing tidal landscape around it.
Opening / first recorded · Unknown; first paving documented in 1963
Federal inventory entry for Nike BR-15 · 1996-11COLLECTION 027 Landscapes & defense
Nike BR-15: West Haven launcher and Orange control site
West Haven, Connecticut
The identifiable Nike battery component in the requested towns: BR-15’s Bull Hill Lane launcher in West Haven, paired with a separate control site in Orange.
Opening / first recorded · 1956
Strong School and U.S. Post Office · circa 1901–1907 (postcard format; photograph undated)COLLECTION 028 Schools
Strong School, New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut
The Fair Haven school lineage and its successive buildings at 69 Grand Avenue, illustrated by pre-fire postcards and the surviving Tudor building.
Opening / first recorded · 1915 (replacement building; exact opening day not established)
Welch’s Congress Avenue facade in autumn · October 20, 2008COLLECTION 029 Schools
Welch Training School, New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven’s municipal teacher-training experiment and the Queen Anne school at 495 Congress Avenue.
Opening / first recorded · 1883; formally dedicated February 4, 1884
Hopkins before the hilltop move · Photograph undated; published 1910COLLECTION 030 Schools
Hopkins School, New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut
A school founded in 1660, its downtown history, and the later development of its Forest Road hilltop campus.
Opening / first recorded · 1660 (school); 1926 (present campus)
Center Church, documented in 1967 · June 1967COLLECTION 031 Churches
Historic Churches of New Haven and West Haven
New Haven & West Haven, Connecticut
A sourced directory connecting congregations, buildings, dated photographs and period church publications in two towns.
Opening / first recorded · Multiple buildings; see institution profiles
H. H. Richards Lumber Company in the 1940 town history · 1940COLLECTION 032 Historic homes
Main Street Sea Captains’ Homes
West Haven, Connecticut
Three distinct Richards properties on Main Street: a captain’s lost home and two houses associated with the waterfront lumber family.
Opening / first recorded · Not a single property or public attraction
The Wood Building after Silver’s, 2012 · 2012-04-28COLLECTION 033 Businesses
Silver’s Drug Shop
West Haven, Connecticut
The family pharmacy and soda-fountain landmark that served downtown West Haven from 1919 to 2006.
Opening / first recorded · 1919
COLLECTION 034 Businesses
Peschell’s Bakery
West Haven, Connecticut
Campbell Avenue’s family pastry shop, remembered for Italian breads, holiday pastries, and support of local baseball.
Opening / first recorded · 1946, according to the owner’s 2013 interview
Chick’s entrance after closure, 2017 · 2017-05-29COLLECTION 035 Businesses
Chick’s Drive-In
West Haven, Connecticut
Beach Street’s hot-dog and seafood landmark, a shoreline gathering place from 1950 to 2015.
Opening / first recorded · October 1950
Washington and Stiles schools in the 1940 town history · 1940COLLECTION 036 Schools
Washington School
West Haven, Connecticut
Washington Avenue school life, the 1909 building, and the 2025 replacement, with a separate note on an earlier school using the Washington name.
Opening / first recorded · 1909; replacement opened to students August 27, 2025
West Haven High School on Main Street, published in 1940 · 1927–1940; published 1940COLLECTION 037 Schools
Dr. Carl C. Giannotti School
West Haven, Connecticut
The Main Street building opened as West Haven High School in 1927 and later served as Dr. Carl C. Giannotti Junior High School.
Opening / first recorded · February 7, 1927 as West Haven High School
Edgar C. Stiles School in the 1940 school directory · 1940COLLECTION 038 Schools
Edgar C. Stiles School
West Haven, Connecticut
A school named for West Haven’s long-serving superintendent, opened in September 1931 and later considered for reuse.
Opening / first recorded · September 1931
Union School’s early buildings and school life · 1940COLLECTION 039 Schools
Union School
West Haven, Connecticut
The district’s earlier wooden schools, the 1890 brick Union School, and the building’s combined grammar- and high-school role.
Opening / first recorded · 1890 for the surviving brick building
Tract K shooting range: northeast exterior · Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service; photographer not identified in source metadata / Public domainCOLLECTION 040 Industrial sites
Winchester Works & the Factory Neighborhood
New Haven
Factories, testing facilities and surrounding streets reveal the scale of Winchester’s New Haven operations.
Opening / first recorded · 1870 site; major expansion 1914–1916
Eli Whitney Museum, Hamden · Magicpiano / CC BY-SA 4.0COLLECTION 041 Industrial sites
Eli Whitney Armory & Mill River
Hamden · New Haven
Water power, manufacturing and the surviving landscape of an early American armory.
Opening / first recorded · 1798 federal musket contract
Scovill: dam on John D’s Pond · Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service; photographer not identified in source metadata / Public domainCOLLECTION 042 Industrial sites
Scovill Brass Works, Waterbury
Waterbury
Factory interiors and exteriors document the buildings behind Waterbury’s brass industry.
Opening / first recorded · 1802 predecessor firm
Remington Arms Bridgeport, Ct. (5560513976) · 826 PARANORMAL / CC BY 2.0COLLECTION 043 Industrial sites
Remington & Union Metallic Cartridge, Bridgeport
Bridgeport
Historic factory views and later photographs trace a major Bridgeport manufacturing landscape.
Opening / first recorded · Late 1860s site development
Industrial buildings on North Main Street, Ansonia · Milfordwoman / CC BY-SA 3.0COLLECTION 044 Industrial sites
Ansonia’s Industrial Riverfront
Ansonia
Brass works, factories, rail access and the Naugatuck River explain the growth of industrial Ansonia.
Opening / first recorded · 1848 and 1854 predecessor firms
National Hat Factory, Danbury: 1912 postcard · Unknown photographer / Public domainCOLLECTION 045 Industrial sites
Danbury’s Hat & Fur Industry
Danbury
Factory postcards and preservation research connect finished hats to the businesses that supplied their materials.
Opening / first recorded · Nineteenth-century industrial growth
Gilbert and Bennett factory 004 · Pedro Xing / CC0COLLECTION 046 Industrial sites
Gilbert & Bennett Wire Mill, Georgetown
Redding
A Norwalk River mill tells the story of a craft business becoming mechanized industry.
Opening / first recorded · 1818 origins; rebuilding from 1874
Ball and Socket Manufacturing Co, West Cheshire CT · John Phelan / CC BY 4.0COLLECTION 047 Industrial sites
Ball & Socket Factory, Cheshire
Cheshire
A small manufactured object connects Cheshire to industrial production, work and modern reuse.
Opening / first recorded · 1850 Cheshire Manufacturing Company
Aerial view of the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft factory at Stratford, Connecticut (USA), in 1947 · U.S. Navy / Public domainCOLLECTION 048 Industrial sites
Stratford Aircraft & Army Engine Plant
Stratford
Aircraft manufacturing photographs preserve Stratford’s place in aviation and industrial history.
Opening / first recorded · Twentieth-century aviation production
Silver Sands State Park (21096) · Rhododendrites / CC BY-SA 4.0COLLECTION 049 Historic lands
Silver Sands & Charles Island
Milford
A shoreline landscape shaped by storms, homes, recreation and conservation.
Opening / first recorded · 1960 state park designation
Derby Osbornedale house · Polaron / CC BY 3.0COLLECTION 050 Historic lands
Osbornedale & the Osborne Homestead
Derby · Ansonia
Industry, farming and conservation meet in the landscape assembled by Frances Osborne Kellogg.
Opening / first recorded · 1956 gift to Connecticut
New Haven from East Rock cropped · Charles Barneby / Public domainCOLLECTION 051 Historic lands
East Rock Park & Civic Memory
New Haven · Hamden
Designed parkland, monuments and city views reveal how New Haven made public space.
Opening / first recorded · Late nineteenth-century park development
LIGHTHOUSE POINT CAROUSEL BUILDING, NEW HAVEN, CT · JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD / CC BY-SA 3.0COLLECTION 052 Historic lands
Lighthouse Point & Five Mile Point Light
New Haven
Maritime navigation and shoreline recreation share the same New Haven landmark.
Opening / first recorded · 1805 first light; 1847 stone tower
West Beach, Sherwood Island State Park, Westport, 2007 · DimiTalen / CC0COLLECTION 053 Historic lands
Sherwood Island & Public Shoreline Access
Westport
A long campaign for public shore access and a later place of remembrance.
Opening / first recorded · 1914 first state land purchase
SlGiant · Ken Gallager at English Wikipedia / Public domainCOLLECTION 054 Historic lands
Sleeping Giant: Quarrying & Preservation
Hamden
A familiar ridge preserves evidence of quarrying and a campaign to protect its shape.
Opening / first recorded · Quarrying preceded the state park
Putnam Memorial State Park - Memorial Monument · Jllm06 / CC BY-SA 4.0COLLECTION 055 Historic lands
Putnam Memorial: Encampment & Remembrance
Redding
Surviving camp remains and later memorials tell two connected stories of the American Revolution.
Opening / first recorded · 1778–1779 encampment
Weir Farm National Historic Site - front of the house · Ser Amantio di Nicolao / CC BY-SA 3.0COLLECTION 056 Historic lands
Weir Farm: Art & a Working Landscape
Wilton · Ridgefield
Artists’ studios, farm buildings and ordinary work shaped an influential Connecticut landscape.
Opening / first recorded · 1882 Weir acquisition
Housatonic rail trail head 073 · Pedro Xing / CC0COLLECTION 057 Railways & transit
Pequonnock Valley & the Former Rail Corridor
Bridgeport · Trumbull · Monroe · Newtown
The level path through the Pequonnock valley preserves the shape of a transportation route.
Opening / first recorded · Historic railroad bed; later trail conversion
Larkin State Park Trail cut, Middlebury CT · John Phelan / CC BY-SA 4.0COLLECTION 058 Railways & transit
Larkin Trail & the New York–New England Railroad
Southbury · Oxford · Middlebury · Naugatuck
Cuts, embankments and surviving ballast trace a railroad across four New Haven County towns.
Opening / first recorded · 1881–1939 rail service; 1943 trail gift
Farmington canal lock 12 · Staib (talk) / CC BY-SA 3.0COLLECTION 059 Railways & transit
Farmington Canal: New Haven, Hamden & Cheshire
New Haven · Hamden · Cheshire
Locks, walls and a later rail route reveal successive solutions to moving people and goods.
Opening / first recorded · 1828–1847 canal service
New Haven Union Station, September 2018 · Pi.1415926535 / CC BY-SA 3.0COLLECTION 060 Railways & transit
New Haven Union Station
New Haven
A monumental passenger station connects New Haven’s railroad history with continuing public use.
Opening / first recorded · 1920 present station
New Haven Railroad RDC and Waterbury Union Station clock tower, August 1968 · Roger Puta / Public domainCOLLECTION 061 Railways & transit
Waterbury Union Station & Clock Tower
Waterbury
A landmark tower and 1968 railroad photographs place Waterbury within a regional passenger network.
Opening / first recorded · 1909 station building
Abandoned railroad bridge over Washington Avenue in Waterbury, March 2023 · Pi.1415926535 / CC BY-SA 4.0COLLECTION 062 Railways & transit
Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut River Railroad
Waterbury · Meriden · Cheshire
Bridgework in Waterbury preserves traces of a railroad that disappeared in stages.
Opening / first recorded · 1885 opening; 1888 Waterbury extension
Stevenson station site 152 · Pedro Xing / CC0COLLECTION 063 Railways & transit
Stevenson Passenger Station Site
Monroe
A photographic postcard and a later view of foundations record the loss of a small station.
Opening / first recorded · Historic station; remains photographed in 2012
Indian well at sunset · TheDemonChicken at English Wikipedia / CC BY 3.0COLLECTION 064 Historic lands
Indian Well & the Housatonic Landscape
Shelton
A waterfall and riverfront offer a starting point for reading Shelton’s changing landscape.
Opening / first recorded · Waterfall, river and later state park
LillinonahTrail PondBrookInlet · H. Morrow Long / CC BY-SA 3.0COLLECTION 065 Historic lands
Paugussett State Forest
Newtown
Woodland and river views invite questions about land use, conservation and what forests conceal.
Opening / first recorded · Twentieth-century state forest
Southbury Training School campus · Johnny Hirschauer / CC BY-SA 3.0COLLECTION 066 Hospitals & institutions
Southbury Training School
Southbury
A residential campus provides evidence for the history of disability services and institutional life.
Opening / first recorded · 1930s construction; 1940 opening
COLLECTION 067 Hospitals & institutions
Laurel Heights Sanatorium, Shelton
Shelton
A patient booklet and archival finding aid open a path into Shelton’s institutional health history.
Opening / first recorded · Twentieth-century tuberculosis institution
Historical illustration · Factory of Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Stamford, Connecticut, 1873 · Unknown illustrator / Rodney Horace Yale, Yale Genealogy (1908) / Public domainCOLLECTION 068 Industrial sites
Yale & Towne Works, Stamford
Stamford
Locks, hoists and a changing factory complex connect invention with the industrial growth of Stamford’s South End.
Opening / first recorded · 1869–1928 factory development
Naugatuck Chemical Company with piles of old rubber tires. Naugatuck, Connecticut · 1940-09COLLECTION 069 Industrial sites
Naugatuck Rubber Industry & Uniroyal Warehouse
Naugatuck
A surviving warehouse and historical views trace the rubber businesses that shaped Naugatuck.
Opening / first recorded · Nineteenth-century rubber industry; 1954 warehouse
Cos Cob Power Plant, Cos Cob, (Fairfield County, Connecticut) · Jack Boucher / Public domainCOLLECTION 070 Industrial sites
Cos Cob Power Station
Greenwich
Engineering photographs preserve a lost power station central to railroad electrification.
Opening / first recorded · 1907–1986/87 operation; 2001 demolition
VIEW OF MIANUS RIVER RAILROAD BRIDGE LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM THE REMAINS OF THE COS COB POWER PLANT COALING DOCK. THE BRIDGE IS A ROLLING LIFT BASCULE TYPE BUILT IN 1894-1895. HAER CONN,1-GREWI,15A-21 · Jet Lowe / Historic American Engineering Record / Public domainCOLLECTION 071 Railways & transit
Mianus River Railroad Bridge
Greenwich
A movable bridge shows how rail traffic and navigation shared a constrained river crossing.
Opening / first recorded · 1904 railroad bridge
NorwalkCTLockwoodMansionSoSide09032007 · Noroton at English Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0COLLECTION 072 Historic lands
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion & Elm Park
Norwalk
A mansion and its grounds connect railroad wealth, domestic labor and a successful preservation campaign.
Opening / first recorded · 1864 construction began; 1868 family occupancy
Ghost Town - Pleasure Beach · Bill / CC BY 2.0COLLECTION 073 Historic lands
Pleasure Beach & the Lost Amusement Landscape
Bridgeport · Stratford
Photographs of recreation and abandonment trace a shoreline landscape with several distinct lives.
Opening / first recorded · 1892 amusement park origins; 1996 bridge fire
Bennett's Pond Park · Brianegge / CC0COLLECTION 074 Historic lands
Bennett’s Pond & Outpost Farm
Ridgefield
Woodland, water and estate remnants connect industrial wealth with horticulture and conservation.
Opening / first recorded · 1914 Conley estate; 2002 state park
Norwalk Harbor, Norwalk, Connecticut LCCN2012631498 · Carol M. Highsmith / The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs, Library of Congress / Public domainCOLLECTION 075 Industrial sites
Norwalk Harbor & the Oyster Economy
Norwalk
Harbor photographs and waterfront records broaden industrial history beyond the factory wall.
Opening / first recorded · Nineteenth-century oyster industry
Chapel Square Mall, New Haven, Conn. — interior postcard · Undated historical postcardCOLLECTION 076 Shops & businesses
Chapel Square Mall
New Haven
Downtown shopping, redevelopment and the streets that preceded New Haven’s enclosed mall.
Opening / first recorded · Developed in the 1960s
Bruce Springsteen at the New Haven Coliseum · Circa 1977–1978COLLECTION 077 Recreation & entertainment
New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum
New Haven
Architecture, concerts, public memory and the end of a major downtown arena.
Opening / first recorded · 1972–2002; demolition 2007
COLLECTION 078 Shops & businesses
Hallock’s Furniture & Appliances
New Haven · West Haven · Branford
Advertisements and storefront photographs trace a retailer through downtown and later locations.
Opening / first recorded · Early 1920s origins reported
COLLECTION 079 Shops & businesses
Carroll Cut-Rate Furniture
West Haven · New Haven
Allingtown’s furniture landmark, its earlier manufacturing life and the redevelopment that followed.
Opening / first recorded · Perfume business 1926; furniture from 1952
Yale New Haven Hospital 1911 · Published 1911; capture date unspecifiedCOLLECTION 080 Hospitals & care
New Haven, Grace & Yale–New Haven Hospitals
New Haven
Two hospital traditions, nursing, transport and institutional growth in New Haven.
Opening / first recorded · Founded 1826; first hospital building 1833
COLLECTION 081 Hospitals & care
Hospital of Saint Raphael
New Haven
A Catholic hospital’s beginnings, expansion and later place within Yale–New Haven.
Opening / first recorded · 1907
COLLECTION 082 Hospitals & care
Bridgeport Hospital & St. Vincent’s Image Records
Bridgeport
A hospital’s civic origins, its nursing school and a second institutional presence in the city’s postcard record.
Opening / first recorded · Bridgeport Hospital incorporated 1878; opened 1884
PostcardTheHospitalNorwalkCT · Early twentieth century; catalog c. 1910–1920COLLECTION 083 Hospitals & care
Norwalk Hospital
Norwalk
A small rented house, a supporting women’s board and the growth of a local hospital.
Opening / first recorded · Organized 1892; care from 1893
1909 Postcard of Griffin Hospital in Derby CT · 1909COLLECTION 084 Hospitals & care
Griffin Hospital
Derby
A Valley hospital’s charter, first building, nursing and ambulance service.
Opening / first recorded · 1901 charter; opened December 1909
Winchester Hospital and its grounds, published 1919.COLLECTION 085 Hospitals & care
William Wirt Winchester Hospital
West Haven
The hospital and the people who kept it running, seen through nine photographs and plates published in 1919.
Opening / first recorded · Early twentieth century; VA transfer 1948
89. East Haven Tunnel, Sec. 4209, MP 77.00 · 1977COLLECTION 086 Railways & transport
Documented Tunnels of the New Haven Region
New Haven · East Haven · Hamden · Woodbridge
Evidence-based histories of East Haven Tunnel, Heroes Tunnel and documented urban connections.
Opening / first recorded · Rail, road and service connections
North toward West Rock along memorial canal · 2021-09-13COLLECTION 087 Parks & historic lands
Horseshoe Lagoon
West Haven · New Haven
Excavation, recreation, drainage and restoration beside Marginal Drive.
Opening / first recorded · Twentieth-century park landscape
English Station in the neighborhood streetscape · 2011. Dougtone; CC BY-SA 2.0; Wikimedia CommonsCOLLECTION 088 Industry & working life
Ball Island & English Station
New Haven
An island transformed by electricity: brick turbine halls, river channels and the power plant that served New Haven.
Opening / first recorded · 1929 — first generating units
Yale Bowl in 1936 · 1936. Carl Van Vechten; Public domain; Wikimedia CommonsCOLLECTION 089 Schools, sports & community
Yale Bowl
New Haven · West Haven
From opening-season players to packed stands: a stadium built into the landscape and a century of Saturdays.
Opening / first recorded · November 21, 1914
UNH June 2011 · 2011-06-01. Zrosen88; CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia CommonsCOLLECTION 090 Schools, sports & community
University of New Haven
West Haven · New Haven
From YMCA classrooms to a West Haven campus: students, buildings and the making of a university.
Opening / first recorded · 1920 — institution founded; 1960 — West Haven campus
Andrew Mellon Library · 2008-10-24. Daderot; Public domain; Wikimedia CommonsCOLLECTION 091 Schools, sports & community
Choate Rosemary Hall
Wallingford · Greenwich
Two schools, two towns and one evolving campus: the buildings and daily spaces of Choate Rosemary Hall.
Opening / first recorded · Rosemary Hall: 1890 · Choate School: 1896
New Haven Harbor from the depot tower · Circa 1865–1870. Whitney, Beckwith & Paradice -- Photographer; Public domain; Wikimedia CommonsCOLLECTION 092 Transportation & waterfront
New Haven Docks & Long Wharf
New Haven
Sailing vessels, rail connections and a changing shoreline: the people who built New Haven’s working harbor.
Opening / first recorded · 1663 — first wharf grant
New Haven Alcos at New Haven 1957 postcard · 1957. J.W. Swanberg; Public domain; Wikimedia CommonsCOLLECTION 093 Transportation & waterfront
The New Haven Railroad
New Haven · North Haven · Bridgeport · Waterbury · Greenwich
Beyond the station: locomotives, shops, freight yards and the people who kept southern New England moving.
Opening / first recorded · 1872 — New York, New Haven & Hartford formed
La Amistad off Long Island · 1839. Unknown author Unknown author; Public domain; Wikimedia CommonsCOLLECTION 094 People, freedom & civic life
Amistad & New Haven
New Haven
Faces, a ship and a city: the Africans who fought enslavement and the New Haven places connected to their freedom struggle.
Opening / first recorded · September 1839 — New Haven imprisonment begins
A photograph of the facade of the New Haven Armory on Goffe Street in New Haven, CT, USA · 2021-06-13. Staib; CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikimedia CommonsCOLLECTION 095 Military & civic buildings
New Haven Armories
New Haven
Drill halls and public gathering places: three armories and the civic life of Goffe Street.
Opening / first recorded · Goffe Street: 1930 · Orange Street: 1906 · Meadow Street: 1883
COLLECTION 096 Military & civic buildings
Meriden Armory
Meriden
A monumental hall on East Main Street: military service and Meriden’s public gathering place.
Opening / first recorded · 1908
COLLECTION 097 Military & civic buildings
West Haven Armory
West Haven
An Art Deco armory on Main Street, later adapted to a different kind of daily life.
Opening / first recorded · 1933 — recorded military service begins
Broad Street Cemetery in Meriden, CT · 2026-01-24. MConradWard; CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikimedia CommonsCOLLECTION 098 Cemeteries & remembrance
Broad Street Cemetery
Meriden
Weathered stones and remembered names at one of Meriden’s early burial grounds.
Opening / first recorded · Burials documented by 1771
COLLECTION 099 People, freedom & civic life
New Haven Jail & the Fire of 1910
New Haven
Two jail sites and a deadly workshop fire: a history of confinement, work and loss.
Opening / first recorded · 1857 — Whalley Avenue jail occupied
Federal courthouse and post office: a period view · Undated historic postcard. General Services Administration; Public domain; Wikimedia CommonsCOLLECTION 100 People, freedom & civic life
New Haven Courthouses
New Haven
Marble halls, courtrooms and the Green: the buildings in which New Haven’s public justice took shape.
Opening / first recorded · County courthouse: 1914 · Federal courthouse: 1919
Destruction after Hurricane Diane · August 1955. NOAA; Public domain; Wikimedia CommonsCOLLECTION 101 Disasters & community memory
Connecticut’s Floods of 1955
Waterbury · Winsted · New Hartford · Norwalk · Derby · Naugatuck
Streets became rivers, bridges failed and communities rebuilt: a photographic record of Connecticut’s devastating flood year.
Opening / first recorded · August 18–19, 1955 · October 15–17, 1955
COLLECTION 102 Parks & historic lands
George Washington Trail
Wallingford · Durham · New Haven
Roads, taverns and bronze markers: following Washington’s journeys through Wallingford and Durham.
Opening / first recorded · 1932 — commemorative route markers
A Middletown punch service at the Centennial · Published 1876. Souvenir of the Centennial Exhibition (1876), p. 108; public-domain illustration; digital reproduction credited to Design Meriden / art design café.COLLECTION 103 Industry & working life
Middletown’s Silver Industries
Middletown · Meriden
Tableware, factory skills and a divided company history: the silver-plating businesses of Middletown.
Opening / first recorded · 1863–1864 — predecessor business; separate Silver Co. formed 1899
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