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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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Colgate Residence

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Description: View toward the front of the "Fillston" mansion of Mrs. R.R. Colgate. With shrubs, flower gardens and a gravel driveway.
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Thompson Common

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Description: View across the town's commons bordered with trees and stately town buildings. Caption reads, "The Common, Thompson, Conn. Looking South."
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House and Flower Bed

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Description: View of a large house with an extensive balustrade, trees and a flower bed in the foreground including irises and foxgloves.
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The Selleck Overlook Military Academy

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Description: Exterior of the Selleck Overlook Military Academy, completed in 1906. The castle-like structure features a lamp post near a staircase at the entrance, as w...
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The Elton Hotel

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Description: Interior of the Flemish Dining Room at the Elton Hotel, built in 1905. Decorative lighting surrounds a domed skylight, and below, tables are set for a meal...
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The Griswold

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Description: Exterior of the Griswold, a hotel which opened in 1906. The entrance features an elaborate pavilion of the Corinthian order. A porch continues the length...
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Girls' Friendly Society Holiday House

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Description: A group of girls and women sit on the porch of the Holiday House of the Girls' Friendly Society while others sit inside an automobile at right to pose for ...
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The Elms

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Description: A group of adults and children sit on the porch of The Elms, a two-story house with an American flag flying from the porch roof. Tree stumps are in the fr...
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Elevated City View

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a city, featuring the Trinity (1813-1814), United (1812-1815), and Center Churches (1812-1814) and the Phelps Gateway. People gather on t...
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Main Street Scene

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Description: View down Main Street with the Congregational Church at right, erected in 1800.
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Town Hall and First Congregational Church

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Description: View of Branford Town Hall and First Congregational Church, two Greek Revival buildings are located near a monument. The town hall was built in 1857 and f...
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Town Hall and Waterfall

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Description: View of Milford City Hall, built in 1916. A waterfall is visible in the foreground.
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Greenwoods Road

Date: 1910
Description: Men walk past buildings along the sidewalk on Greenwoods Road.
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Garden at the Walhall Estate

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Description: View of an elaborate garden with a fountain and sculpture at the Walhall Estate.
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Estate Garden

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Description: View of the gardens at the estate of Ernest L. Conant, featuring sculptures and a fountain.

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