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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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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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Nightingale Mills

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Description: View of Nightingale textile mill and stone dam across river Quinebaug. Caption reads: "The Nightingale Mills, Putnam, Conn."
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Willimantic River

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Description: Elevated view of the Willimantic River from a foot bridge with waterfront buildings in the distance. Caption reads: "View from Foot Bridge, Willimantic Con...
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Rocky Shoreline

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Description: View along a rocky coastline toward resort hotels. People are sitting on the rocks, and a man is in a boat near the shoreline.
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Ferryboat "Middlesex"

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Description: View of the ferryboat "Middlesex" docked in the Connecticut River. Two men and three boys stand on the boat, and another man are on shore. "Middlesex" is p...
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Ferry and Steamboat at Landing

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Description: Elevated view of a ferry boat near a landing. "Gen. Spencer" is painted on the side of the ferry, which is transporting a cart, two children and a man. Sev...
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Bissell's Ferry Landing

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Description: View of Bissell's ferry landing on the river at the shoreline. Caption reads: "Bissell's Ferry, Instituted 1648. East Windsor Hill Conn."
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Swimmers

Date: 1910
Description: Vacationers wade at a beach near a row of what appear to be hotel buildings. Groups of people sit near boats onshore and a group of women sits at the end o...
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Vacationers on a Resort Beach

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Description: View along shoreline toward people relaxing on a beach lined with vacation houses. Groups of men and women are standing or sitting, some wearing street clo...
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Bayview Beach

Date: 1910
Description: A group of sunbathing adults and children standing and sitting near a blanket, folding chairs, and umbrella set up on a beach. In the background, swimmers ...
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Vacationers on a Resort Beach

Date: 1910
Description: View of a resort shoreline lined with vacation houses. People walk along the beach, swim, and sit on the sand or on an elevated boardwalk near the water.
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Resort Cottages

Date: 1910
Description: A row of two-story cottages line a beach. To the right, two children are playing in and around a hammock hanging on a porch.
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Seaside Cottages

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Description: Two children pose for a portrait while standing along a shoreline next to a row of cottages. Several rowboats are pulled ashore, and people are on the cott...
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Boating on the Woodmont River

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Description: Several varieties of boats crowd Woodmont River and crowds gather along the shoreline. Houses are in the background and automobiles are parked along the ro...
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Boating at Grove Beach

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Description: Adults and children paddle rowboats near the shoreline at Grove Beach in the Long Island Sound. Two dogs walk in the water toward the boats. Buildings are ...
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Fishing From Rocks Along The Coast

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Description: A group of children fish from rocks along the coast.
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Men Fishing From Bridge

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Description: Men fishing from a wooden bridge in front of a shoreline lined with dwellings and trees.
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Shore at Walhall Estate

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Description: View from the terrace at the Walhall Estate. The shoreline can be seen past a stone fence and the lawn.

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