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International Silver’s Factory E and general office — Undated postcard; after the 1898 company formation
International Silver’s Factory E and general office
The postcard labels International Silver’s Factory E and general office in Meriden. The source’s 1897 date conflicts with the company name, so this archive does not repeat it as a verified exposure date.
Meriden Silver
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Unknown; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Jean g. theobald per wilcox silver plate company, servito da the, in silver-plate e bachelite, meriden CT 1928 — 2016-10-28
Jean g. theobald per wilcox silver plate company, servito da the, in silver-plate e bachelite, meriden CT 1928
Jean G. Theobald for Wilcox Silver Plate Company, tea set, in silver-plate and bakelite, Meriden, CT, 1928, in the Art Institute of Chicago
Meriden Silver
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Sailko; CC BY 3.0; Wikimedia Commons
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An artist’s-palette butter pat — Object circa 1880; photograph date unrecorded
An artist’s-palette butter pat
A Meriden Silver Plate Company butter pat takes the form of an artist’s palette and brushes. The date belongs to the object, not necessarily to the museum photograph.
Meriden Silver
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Made by Meriden Silver Plate Company; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Open car 1425 at the Branford trolley museum — July 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.
New Haven & West Haven Trolleys
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Roger Puta; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Connecticut Company car 303 preserved — May 2016
Connecticut Company car 303 preserved
Car 303 at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Maine. The museum traces this car to the Winchester Avenue Railroad in New Haven in 1901. Its present location is different from its original operating city.
New Haven & West Haven Trolleys
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Elizabeth K. Joseph from San Francisco, United States; CC BY 2.0; Wikimedia Commons
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Car 303 in September 2022 — September 2022
Car 303 in September 2022
A later museum view of the preserved Connecticut Company open car. Its benches recall the form of vehicles used for New Haven passenger service and football crowds.
New Haven & West Haven Trolleys
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5chw4r7z; CC BY-SA 2.0; Wikimedia Commons
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The view from an open trolley — September 2022
The view from an open trolley
A view from preserved car 303 at the Seashore Trolley Museum. This image makes the experience of an open car visible while retaining its modern museum date.
New Haven & West Haven Trolleys
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5chw4r7z; CC BY-SA 2.0; Wikimedia Commons
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Connecticut Company parlor car — Undated historic postcard
Connecticut Company parlor car
A period postcard of a Connecticut Company parlor car, showing a different kind of passenger accommodation from the open cars in this gallery.
New Haven & West Haven Trolleys
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Unknown phil h. bonnet Unknown phil h. bonnet; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Cedarcrest in August 2010 — 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.
Cedarcrest Hospital
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Josh Michtom, Flickr; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Reproduced for this noncommercial nonprofit archive under the same license.
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English Station in the neighborhood streetscape — 2011
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.
Ball Island & English Station
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Dougtone; CC BY-SA 2.0; Wikimedia Commons
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English Station from the Chapel Street bridge — September 4, 2011
English Station from the Chapel Street bridge
Carol M. Highsmith’s view places the former power plant beside the Mill River. The brick mass and river setting survive long after its generating units stopped.
Ball Island & English Station
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Carol M. Highsmith; The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs, Library of Congress; public domain.
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Ball Island between city and harbor — August 11, 2024
Ball Island between city and harbor
English Station seen from above with the harbor landscape beyond. This is a later view of the closed plant, not an image of it generating electricity.
Ball Island & English Station
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Ethan Long; CC BY-SA 2.0; Wikimedia Commons
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The power station and its island footprint — November 1, 2025
The power station and its island footprint
An elevated view shows English Station occupying Ball Island between the river channels. The operator dates generation to 1929–1992; this photograph records the surviving structure decades later.
Ball Island & English Station
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Quintin Soloviev; CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
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River channels around English Station — September 4, 2011
River channels around English Station
A wider Highsmith photograph places the former power plant within the tidal river landscape. Compare the water, banks and nearby structures with the closer bridge view.
Ball Island & English Station
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Carol M. Highsmith; The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs, Library of Congress; public domain.
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Yale Bowl in 1936 — 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.
Yale Bowl
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Carl Van Vechten; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Yale Bowl from the air, 1924 — 1924
Yale Bowl from the air, 1924
A period aerial view shows the stadium, surrounding fields and roads. The Bowl opened a decade earlier, in November 1914.
Yale Bowl
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Unknown author Unknown author or not provided; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Richard M. Scovil in Yale’s opening season — November 7, 1914
Richard M. Scovil in Yale’s opening season
A Bain News Service portrait of Yale player Richard M. Scovil, made before the Bowl’s official opening game. The catalog’s spelling is retained in the original source record.
Yale Bowl
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Bain News Service, publisher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Brann of Yale, 1914 — November 7, 1914
Brann of Yale, 1914
Bain News Service’s portrait identifies the player as Brann. The stands behind him connect an individual athlete with the new stadium’s first season.
Yale Bowl
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Bain News Service, publisher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Carroll W. Knowles, Yale football — November 5, 1914
Carroll W. Knowles, Yale football
A glass-negative portrait of Carroll W. Knowles, photographed shortly before the new Bowl’s opening game.
Yale Bowl
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Bain News Service, publisher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Frank Hinkey and Tom Shevlin — November 7, 1914
Frank Hinkey and Tom Shevlin
The Bain photograph identifies Frank Hinkey and Tom Shevlin together beside the football stands during the 1914 season.
Yale Bowl
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Bain News Service, publisher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Yale scores against Georgia — Game: October 10, 1925; published October 11
Yale scores against Georgia
A newspaper action photograph shows Billy Kline scoring for Yale. The game date and publication date are distinct.
Yale Bowl
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Times Wide World Photos; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Georgia attacks the Yale line — Published October 17, 1924
Georgia attacks the Yale line
A Yale Press action photograph identifies J. D. Thomason carrying the ball against Yale. The retained printed caption belongs to the period publication.
Yale Bowl
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The Yale Press; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Army’s Cagle on a long run — October 27, 1928
Army’s Cagle on a long run
A period photograph follows Cagle during a 51-yard run against Yale. The printed image captures movement across a field often seen only in panoramic stadium views.
Yale Bowl
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Times Wide World Photo; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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A Princeton punt at New Haven — Game: November 14, 1925; published November 15
A Princeton punt at New Haven
The newspaper photograph identifies Princeton’s Jake Slagle kicking against Yale. Publication followed the game by one day.
Yale Bowl
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Times Wide World Photos; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Yale Bowl aerial view 2023 (Quintin Soloviev) — 13 July 2023
Yale Bowl aerial view 2023 (Quintin Soloviev)
Yale Bowl from above, 2023
Yale Bowl
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Quintin Soloviev; CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
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Panorama of Yale Bowl — 2019-09-28
Panorama of Yale Bowl
Panoramic image of Yale Bowl, the Yale University football field. Yale/Cornell football game, September 28, 2019. View from home stands; scoreboard at left.
Yale Bowl
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Kenneth Zirkel; CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
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Yale Bowl Exterior — 2006-11-11
Yale Bowl Exterior
Yale Bowl. There are 30 tunnels into the stadium. Doesn't look like much from the outside, does it? But it's huge on the inside.
Yale Bowl
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Peter Dutton from Forest Hills, Queens, USA; CC BY 2.0; Wikimedia Commons
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Walter Camp Gate 1 — August 2005
Walter Camp Gate 1
The Walter Camp Gate, entryway to the Yale Athletic Facilities on Derby Road.
Yale Bowl
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T. S. Custadio aka ToddC4176 at en.wikipedia; CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia Commons
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UNH June 2011 — 2011-06-01
UNH June 2011
University of New Haven campus and surroundings, June 2011
University of New Haven
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Zrosen88; CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia Commons
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Jimmy Carter, campaigning in 1976 — Spring 1976
Jimmy Carter, campaigning in 1976
Jimmy Carter campaigning at the University of New Haven in Spring 1976
University of New Haven
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University of New Haven; CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia Commons
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President Steven H. Kaplan with Dr. Henry C. Lee and Sen. Dick Blumenthal — 2013-04-20
President Steven H. Kaplan with Dr. Henry C. Lee and Sen. Dick Blumenthal
This is a photograph of University of New Haven (UNH) President Steven H. Kaplan with forensic scientist Dr. Henry C. Lee and Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal (D).
University of New Haven
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Zrosen88; CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia Commons
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Coach Ted Hotaling with New Haven players — November 30, 2017
Coach Ted Hotaling with New Haven players
Ted Hotaling stands with players at the Jeffery P. Hazell Athletics Center. The photograph records a moment in the university’s athletic community.
University of New Haven
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Canadakay; CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
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Andrew Mellon Library — 2008-10-24
Andrew Mellon Library
Andrew Mellon Library, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA. Built 1925.
Choate Rosemary Hall
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Daderot; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Archbold dormitory — 2009-06-06
Archbold dormitory
Archbold (dorm) - Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA. Architect Ralph Adams Cram, 1928.
Choate Rosemary Hall
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Daderot; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Homestead dormitory — 2008-10-24
Homestead dormitory
Homestead (dorm), Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA. Built in 1774.
Choate Rosemary Hall
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Daderot; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Seymour St. John Chapel — 2009-06-06
Seymour St. John Chapel
Seymour St. John Chapel - Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA. Architect Ralph Adams Cram, 1924.
Choate Rosemary Hall
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Daderot; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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