New Haven Union Station
A selected, source-based research collection for New Haven and Fairfield counties. Includes credited photographs where reusable images were located, historical interpretation and links to supporting records. It is a growing inventory, not an exhaustive survey. Photographs retain their individual dates and reuse terms; images do not establish present access conditions.

id: CT060-S01
title: New Haven Union Station: chronology and bibliography
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source reviewed September 2026
institution: New Haven Union Station
summary: Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. A monumental passenger station connects New Haven’s railroad history with continuing public use.
url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(New_Haven)
credit: New Haven Union Station
notes: External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
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id: CT060-P01
title: New Haven Union Station, September 2018
kind: Photographs
date: Taken on 5 September 2018
institution: New Haven Union Station
summary: New Haven Union Station in September 2018
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Union_Station,_September_2018.JPG
credit: Pi.1415926535 / CC BY-SA 3.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY-SA 3.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Adapted images must be shared under the same license. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. Active historic station; do not label as abandoned.
file: images/rail_new_haven-74797478.jpg
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license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/New_Haven_Union_Station%2C_September_2018.JPG
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id: CT060-P02
title: New Haven Union Station Main Concourse (Daytime)
kind: Photographs
date: 2019-10-04 08:32:04
institution: New Haven Union Station
summary: New Haven Union Station Main Concourse (Daytime)
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Union_Station_Main_Concourse_(Daytime).jpg
credit: ZhengZhou / CC BY-SA 4.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY-SA 4.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Adapted images must be shared under the same license. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. Active historic station; do not label as abandoned.
file: images/rail_new_haven-84267118.jpg
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license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/New_Haven_Union_Station_Main_Concourse_%28Daytime%29.jpg
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id: CT060-P03
title: New Haven Union Station from Union Avenue, September 2005
kind: Photographs
date: Taken on 11 September 2005
institution: New Haven Union Station
summary: New Haven Union Station in September 2005
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Union_Station_from_Union_Avenue,_September_2005.jpg
credit: Hikki Nagasaki / Public domain
notes: Public domain in the United States (source file license). Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. Active historic station; do not label as abandoned.
file: images/rail_new_haven-48777797.jpg
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external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/New_Haven_Union_Station_from_Union_Avenue%2C_September_2005.jpg
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id: ED-H2-HT-SP-001
title: Union Station predecessor, 1910 postcard
kind: Postcards
date: 1910
institution: New Haven Union Station
summary: Trackside postcard of New Haven's predecessor Union Station. A postcard of New Haven's earlier Union Station shows rail travel before the current 1920 building.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Union_Station_1910_postcard.jpg
credit: Unknown; postcard scan from eBay auction / Wikimedia Commons (see source page for original provenance)
notes: Do not label as the 1920 UnionStation building. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: Public domain in the United States; Commons PD-scan/PD-US-expired tags for pre-1931 publication.
file: images/ED-H2-HT-SP-001.webp
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external_image_url: https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/New_Haven_Union_Station_1910_postcard.jpg/1280px-New_Haven_Union_Station_1910_postcard.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail
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id: ED-H2-HT-SP-002
title: Old Union Station frontage and trolley
kind: Postcards
date: 1914
institution: New Haven Union Station
summary: Street frontage of New Haven's predecessor Union Station with trolley. The frontage of New Haven's older Union Station appears in a 1914 postcard, connecting the railroad depot to street transportation.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Union_Station_1914_postcard.jpg
credit: Unknown; postcard scan from eBay auction / Wikimedia Commons (see source page for original provenance)
notes: Distinct opposite-side view from SP-001. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: Public domain in the United States; Commons PD-scan/PD-US-expired tags for pre-1931 publication.
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id: ED-H2-HT-SP-003
title: Proposed Union Station design — never built as shown
kind: Postcards
date: circa 1913
institution: New Haven Union Station
summary: Postcard rendering of an unbuilt proposed New Haven Union Station. This postcard presents an ambitious proposed station. The completed 1920 building was a reduced design; the postcard is evidence of a plan, not a photograph of a finished structure.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Union_Station_unbuilt_design_postcard.jpg
credit: Unknown; postcard scan from eBay auction / Wikimedia Commons (see source page for original provenance)
notes: Architecture is drawn and never built as shown; do not label construction photo or completed station. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: Public domain in the United States; Commons PD-scan/PD-US-expired tags for pre-1931 publication.
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external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/New_Haven_Union_Station_unbuilt_design_postcard.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled
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id: ED-H2-HT-SP-004
title: Union Station white-border postcard
kind: Postcards
date: circa 1931
institution: New Haven Union Station
summary: The 1920 station appears in a postcard cataloged around 1931. The station building and postcard publication have different dates.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Union_Station_1931_postcard.jpg
credit: Unknown; postcard scan from eBay auction / Wikimedia Commons (see source page for original provenance)
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download.  Reuse: Commons PD-scan and PD-US-no-notice: source states publication in US without copyright notice. Do not describe as age-expired in 2026.
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