Browse Collections (19 total)
Branford 1938 Hurricane Photographs - Short Beach and Branford Point
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Photographs of the 1938 hurricane from Short Beach, Stony Creek, Indian Neck and Pine Orchard. The identity of the photographers for most of the…
Blackstone Library Construction Photographs
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Library construction photographs taken between 1893 and 1896 by a variety of photographers. These photographs exist in physical form across several…
1905 Branford Carnival Photographs
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The James Blackstone Memorial Library has four albums of photographs taken during the Branford Carnivals of the early 20th century. The Branford…
1906 Branford Carnival Photographs
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The James Blackstone Memorial Library has four albums of photographs taken during the Branford Carnivals of the early 20th century. The Branford…
1909 Branford Carnival Photographs
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The James Blackstone Memorial Library has four albums of photographs taken during the Branford Carnivals of the early 20th century. The Branford…
1910 Branford Carnival Photographs
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The James Blackstone Memorial Library has four albums of photographs taken during the Branford Carnivals of the early 20th century. The Branford…
Branford City Directories
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Branford city directories were started in 1895, published by Price and Lee Company of New Haven until 1978 and afterwards by other companies. They…
Branford 1938 Hurricane - Newspaper Articles
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A collection of articles on the 1938 hurricane in local newspapers from 1938 to 1988.
Branford 1938 Hurricane Photographs - Branford Center and Post Road
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Pictures of the Past - Branford Review articles
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Short essays entitled "Pictures of the Past" were published in the Branford Review from 1988 until 2003. Authored by Jane Peterson Bouley, they…
Branford 1938 Hurricane Photographs - Indian Neck, Haycock Point, Summer Island & Hotchkiss Grove
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Branford 1938 Hurricane Photographs - Pine Orchard
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Saturday Chronicle Newspaper Articles
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The Saturday Chronicle newspaper was published in New Haven in the early 1900's. We are very grateful to Ed Surato of the New Haven Museum for…
Branford High School Yearbooks
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Searchable scans of the Milestone (missing 1933 and 1934) with additional years to be added
Branford, Connecticut: A Survey of Architectural and Historical Resources
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Branford Census
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Branford census records, abstracted with notes by Branford Town Historian Jane Bouley