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Pictures of the Past: Carolina Lazzari

Lazzari, Carolina.pdf

Carolina Lazzari, Stony Creek's noted opera singer

Tags: Carolina Lazzari, Stony Creek

Pictures of the Past: Leatherman #1

Leatherman #1.pdf

Tags: Blizzard of 1888, Chidsey House, Harding's Grocery Store, Home Place, Leatherman, Main Street, Montowese Street

Pictures of the Past: Leatherman #2

Leatherman #2.pdf

The legend of the 'wandering' Leather Man

Pictures of the Past: Lewis water fountain

Lewis water fountain.pdf

Stony Creek fountain made of village's finest treasure

Pictures of the Past: Lock Works #1

Lock Works #1.pdf

Branford Lock Works

Tags: Branford Lock Works, East Haven, East Haven River, Furnace Pond, Great Pond, Iron Works, Iron Works Village, Lake Salstonstall

Pictures of the Past: Lock Works #2

Lock Works #2.pdf

Lock Works town's largest employer at one time

Tags: Branford Lock Works, Hosley Family, Ivy Street, Lock Works Square, Main Street, Nichols Family, Rosenthal Block, Svea Avenue, Thomas Kennedy

Pictures of the Past: Lock Works #3

Lock Works #3.pdf

Lock Works display

Pictures of the Past: MIF

MIF.pdf

Malleable Iron Fittings once vital to the town

Tags: Branford River, Emil C. Hammer, Hammer Family, Hoadley Family, M.I.F., Page's Point, Rogers Family, The Big Shop, Thorvald F. Hammer, Totoket Company

Pictures of the Past: Mill Plain School #1

Mill Plain School #1.pdf

Mill Plain School

Tags: Baldwin Family, Barker Family, Bartholomew Family, Beach Family, Farnham Family, Frisbie Family, Linsley Family, Mill Plain School, Palmer Family, Schools, Teachers, Tyler Family, Ward Family

Pictures of the Past: Mill Plain School #2

Mill Plain School #2.pdf

The oldest existing school in Branford still stands

Pictures of the Past: Native Origins

Native origins.pdf

Branford's origins reflects Indian roots

Tags: Branford River, Dutch Wharf, Farming, Great Pond, Indian Neck, John Sherman, Lake Saltonstall, Mattabesech, Native Americans, Stony River, Totokett, William Swayne

Pictures of the Past: Newspaper articles

Newspaper article.pdf

News articles now seem humorous

Pictures of the Past: Observation Tower

Observation Tower.pdf

Old lookout tower used during WWII

Tags: Branford Point, Branford's Aircraft Warning Service, Cocheco Avenue, Observation Tower, Parker Memorial Park, Pawson Park

Pictures of the Past: Pine Orchard parade

Pine Orchard July 4th parade.pdf

Fourth of July always eventful in Branford

Pictures of the Past: Polly's Tea Room

Polly's Tea Room.pdf

Polly's delighted many with homestyle hearth

Pictures of the Past: Post Office

Post Office.pdf

Original post office now a restaurant

Tags: Alfredo's Restaurant, Chez Bach, Colonial Bakery, First National Store, H. Guy Linsley, Hillside Avenue, Hillside Avenue Cafe, Main Street, People's Bank, Post Office, Post Office Block, Restaurants, S.R. Hurwitz Dry Goods, Suval Family, Ude & Murray Tire Shop, Wallacabuckers, Wellworth 5 & 10 Store

Pictures of the Past: Post Road

Post Road.pdf

Post road connected major cities

Tags: Boston Post Road, Branford Hills, East Main Street, Great Hill, Great Road, Guilford Turnpike, Jonathan Towner Halfway House, King's Highway, Main Street, North Main Street, Post Road, Route 1

Pictures of the Past: Railroad

Railroad.pdf

Railroad changes character of rural farming community

Tags: Branford Train Station, Maple Street, MIF, Montowese Street, Pine Orchard, Railroads, Rogers Street, Shoreline Railroad, Stony Creek

Pictures of the Past: Michael P. Rice

Rice, Michael P..pdf

Rice was town's first non-Yankee selectman

Tags: Branford Fire Department, Branford Savings Bank, Bridges, John T. Sliney, Kirkham Street, Main Street, Michael P. Rice, Montowese Street, Veto Street

Pictures of the Past: Rogers Island

Rogers Island.pdf

Rogers Island bears original grantee's name

Tags: Big Crib Island, Captain John Jay Phelps, Oscar C. Kelsey, Phelps Island, Rogers Family, Rogers Island, Scotch Pine, Thimble Islands, Yonkomis

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