Dr. Carl C. Giannotti School
278 Main Street, between Washington Avenue and Martin Street. Historic name: Old West Haven High School. The 1940 town history used 270 Main Street. Giannotti is verified by the photographed school sign; Gianotti is retained as a search alias.

id: WH-GIA-001
title: West Haven High School on Main Street, published in 1940
kind: Photographs
date: 1927–1940; published 1940
summary: Period building photograph, published before the Giannotti junior-high conversion. The caption states that the high school opened in 1927.
url: https://archive.org/download/historyofwesthav00unse/historyofwesthav00unse.pdf#page=185
credit: Writers’ Program (U.S.), Connecticut, History of West Haven, Connecticut (Church Press, 1940); Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center / Internet Archive
notes: Public domain in the United States: repository states that copyright was not renewed, citing the Stanford renewal database. No separate copyright notice appears on the selected plate. Cropped to the printed photograph and caption and rotated 90 degrees clockwise to make it upright. Capture date and photographer not stated. No reconstruction, colorization, or AI alteration.
file: images/wh-giannotti-building-before-1940.jpg
text_file: texts/wh-giannotti-building-before-1940.txt
institution: Dr. Carl C. Giannotti School
accessed: 2026-09-08
license_url: https://archive.org/details/historyofwesthav00unse
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id: WH-GIA-002
title: Opening and expansion of the Main Street high school
kind: Historical documents
date: 1940
summary: Printed page 65 describes the high-school move, enrollment, leadership, and district governance. The text’s early-course date 1899 conflicts with its own 1890 move narrative; do not silently normalize it.
url: https://archive.org/download/historyofwesthav00unse/historyofwesthav00unse.pdf#page=181
credit: Writers’ Program (U.S.), Connecticut, History of West Haven, Connecticut (Church Press, 1940); Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center / Internet Archive
notes: Public domain in the United States: repository states that copyright was not renewed, citing the Stanford renewal database. No separate copyright notice appears on the selected plate. Full printed page retained. Scan quality reflects the photocopied source; OCR may contain errors.
file: images/wh-giannotti-high-school-history-1940.jpg
text_file: texts/wh-giannotti-high-school-history-1940.txt
institution: Dr. Carl C. Giannotti School
accessed: 2026-09-08
license_url: https://archive.org/details/historyofwesthav00unse
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id: WH-GIA-003
title: 1985 architectural photographs and Giannotti sign
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1985-02
summary: Sixteen views include facade, portico, doorway with GIANNOTTI sign, vestibule, lobby, and auditorium.
url: https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/85003368_photos
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Photographs credited GMPT, February 1985. Third-party survey photographs: no blanket federal public-domain status assumed. Photo 4 / PDF page 7 gives the spelling and class-of-1965 inscription. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WH-GIA-004
title: 1927 high school postcard in CT Digital Archive
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1927 or later
summary: Catalog search identifies a postcard whose reverse states the school was completed and occupied in February 1927.
url: https://archives.lib.uconn.edu/node/510701
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Catalog lead: item page could not be fully read because of connection verification. Date of postcard publication, rights and file delivery not verified. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WH-GIA-005
title: 1935 West Haven High School yearbook and named portraits
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1935; blog 2016
summary: Blog documents a surviving yearbook and reproduces school and class imagery.
url: https://everyonehasafamilystorytotell.wordpress.com/2016/01/29/west-haven-ct-1935-high-school-yearbook/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Copyrighted blog and uncleared yearbook scans. Source link only; high-school cohort predates the Giannotti name. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WH-GIA-006
title: 1953 West Haven High School yearbook
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1953
summary: A modern upload of a 1953 yearbook potentially documents classes in the Main Street building.
url: https://archive.org/details/classmates-yearbook-54795-1953-west-haven-high-school
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Modern archive upload gives no reuse license; do not download into publication assets. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WH-GIA-007
title: Historical Society school records
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Undated
summary: Society reports Giannotti and Bailey middle-school registers, Blue Flame yearbooks, and Rostrum newspapers.
url: https://westhavenvoice.com/school-days-display-at-annual-open-house/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Consult the repository for catalog and rights information; registers may include personal addresses and attendance data. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WH-GIA-008
title: Coverage gaps
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Undated
summary: No cleared Giannotti-era class portrait or yearbook page was located. Exact renaming and first junior-high class date remain unresolved.
url: https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/85003368_text
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Keep building opening 1927 separate from junior-high establishment c.1963–1964. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WH-GIA-009
title: Supporting source: archive.org
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source consulted September 2026
summary: Supporting source for the collection history and chronology.
url: https://archive.org/download/historyofwesthav00unse/historyofwesthav00unse.pdf#page=183
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source; consult the original publication for its full context.
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id: WH-GIA-010
title: Supporting source: npgallery.nps.gov
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source consulted September 2026
summary: Supporting source for the collection history and chronology.
url: https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/85003368
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source; consult the original publication for its full context.
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