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Noah Webster House

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Description: View toward the Noah Webster House, the home of American lexicographer Noah Webster, the author of the first American dictionary (1828), probably built cir...
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Cora Brown's Guest House

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Description: The guest house of Cora Brown, the first African American woman elected to a U.S. State Senate, with a table, chairs, and umbrella outside on the lawn.
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The Dickerman Store

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Description: A view of a road and the Dickerman Store with trees and vegetation lining the road. Caption reads: "The Dickerman Store, New Canaan, Conn."
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The Old Mill

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Description: A view of the Old Mill on a road lined with trees.
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The Free Library

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Description: A view of the Free Library, and the home of Guilford Smith in the background on the right. No other building are visible. Caption reads: "Windham Free Libr...
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Henry Whitfield House Interior

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Description: View of living room of the Henry Whitfield house. The room features a fireplace, tables, chairs, a mantle with tableware and framed portraits and artwork a...
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Clock Tower

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Description: View across lawn toward a vine-covered stone clock tower with trees in the background.
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Swan Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: A view of homes on Swan Avenue. Most prominent are the screened porches that cover the facade of the homes. Two women are walingk down the sidewalk toward ...
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Homes on Swan Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: View down unpaved road with homes along the left of Swan Avenue. Trees line the right side, and the backs of homes on another street are on the right.
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Hartford Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of Hartford Avenue. To the left is a field and trees, which partially conceals the buildings in the background, and to the right are...
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Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: View down tree-lined street, with houses and a sidewalk on the right. Utility lines run the length of the street, and two automobiles are parked at the cur...
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Street Side Terraces

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Description: View across road toward homes set above the street on an incline. Horses and carriages are parked on the other side of a street along a brick wall. Two spi...
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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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Villiage Post Office

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Description: View down dirt road toward a small horse-drawn carriage and surrounding town buildings, including the post office and a church with a steeple. Caption read...
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The Harbor

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Description: Elevated view of Norwich harbor. Oval-framed view features two ships in the river harbor as well as buildings on the waterfront and on the surrounding hill...
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The Falls

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Description: View toward two waterfalls flowing over rocks into a ravine. One waterfall is held back by a dam and the other is traversed by a railroad bridge. Trees and...
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Peck's Ledge Lighthouse

Date: 1906
Description: View across water toward six men standing on a deck with railings on Peck Ledge Lighthouse in Norwalk Harbor, put into operation in 1906. Caption reads: "P...
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Town Road

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Description: Elevated view of town's central dirt road from the railroad trestle looking north toward large wooden buildings and two churches. Caption reads, "View from...
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Street Scene

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Description: View from unpaved road toward houses down a side dirt road leading toward a beach in the background. A man stands on the porch of the house in the left for...
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Cottages

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Description: A street view of cottages, with a boardwalk and a fence in the foreground. Houses line both sides of the unpaved road.

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