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Connecticut State Lottery Ticket

Date: 1826
Description: Connecticut State Lottery ticket for the benefit of the Bishop's Fund.
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Car on Dirt Road

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Description: A view of a car on a dirt road driving toward Mt. Tom Camp, with a wooden guardrail on one side and a natural rock formation on the other side.
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Car on Dirt Road

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Description: A view of a car driving on a dirt road along the Naugatuck River, with a wooden guardrail and river on one side, and a rock formation on the other.
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Bike and Car Road Scene

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Description: View toward a boy with his bicycle at the entrance to Putnam Hill Park on the left. There are telephone poles and trees in the center, street railroad trac...
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Park Spring

Date: 1905
Description: Travelers stop by a spring in the woods for water with their early-model automobile. Two boys are standing at the spring, and a young girl stands above the...
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Tremont Railway Station

Date: 1910
Description: Tremont Railway Station showing traintracks, large houses on the bordering street, a car in the roadway and a small booth in the distance.
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Railway Tracks

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Description: Railway tracks along a residential roadway. A car is parked by the road and a few people stand around the area near a small store.
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Cellar Door

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Description: A view of the cellar door belonging to Gov. Wm. Leete, where the sympathetic Puritans concealed the regicide judges Whalley and Goffe in 1661. Caption read...
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Putnam Park

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Description: A view of the main entrance to Putnam Park, including two wooden towers on either side of the road, various cannons and cannon balls. There is a swing set ...
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Pulpit Rock

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Description: A view of Pulpit Rock, where John Eliot preached to Native Americans. Text etched into the rock reads: "1686 Pulpit Rock -- Sacred Forevermore. 1886." Capt...
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Children on a Rocky Beach

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Description: View toward children playing on a beach among large rocks, with beach houses and trees in the background.
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Rowboat and Water Scene

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Description: View across water toward the shore. People are rowing a boat in the foreground, and people are standing on a rock near the shore. In the background are hou...
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Island and Boat Scene

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Description: Elevated view from Hubinger's Island featuring other islands, homes, and a boat.
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Statue of Nathan Hale

Date: 1914
Description: A bronze statue at Yale College honoring Nathan Hale. The ivy covered brick wall of Connecticut Hall fills the background of the photo.
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First Congregational Church

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Description: View of the First Congregational Church, built in 1814, and the tree-lined street in front of it.
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Governor John Winthrop, Jr., Statue

Date: 1905
Description: Published by the Albertype Company of Brooklyn, New York, the image features Bela Lyon Pratt's statue honoring Governor John Winthrop Jr., once Governor o...
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Park with Monuments

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Description: A view of five children eating ice cream and a man standing in a park with a number of monuments including a cannon, a flagpole with a stone base and a sta...
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Clock Tower in Park

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Description: A clock tower on the green in front of The Elton Hotel. The clock is flanked by tall trees and a line of cars and carriages are parked between the green an...
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Town Hall

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the town hall, with storefronts on both sides and a street running in front of it.
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Town Hall

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Description: A view of the front facade of the town hall with a row of cars parked in front of the building.

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