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Harbor Street

Identified as Dr. Wilson Thompson’s house in original album notes.

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Harbor Street, Hurricanes, Thompson Family

Yacht Club & Dock

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Branford Yacht Club House and Dock.

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Branford Yacht Club, Hurricanes

Yacht Club

Branford Yacht Club House

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Branford Yacht Club, Hurricanes

Boat "Sally" at Pawson Park

“The Sally” washed up on Pawson Park; Branford Yacht Club visible in distance.

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Branford Yacht Club, Hurricanes, Pawson Park

Branford Point Harbor

Indian’s Neck.

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Branford Point, Hurricanes

Davis Cottage, Clark Avenue #1

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Little Beach; Harold & Abbot Davis’s House.

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Clark Avenue, Davis Family, Hurricanes, Little Beach

Main Street, Granite Bay

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Main Street near Granite Bay; Fenn-2, Walter & Julia Eggleston, John E. Muleahy (of new haven)

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Granite Bay, Hurricanes

Main Street, Pierpont Cottage #1

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Pierpont’s Cottage Main Street; Wilbur (?) Fenn-2, Walter & Julia Eggleston, John E. Muleahy (of new haven); Chimney all that’s left.

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Hurricanes, Main Street, Pierpont Family

Branford Review article on the 1938 hurricane, 22 September 1938

Branford 1938 Hurricane Newspaper Articles

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Hurricanes

Blackstone Library #1

Tags: James Blackstone Memorial Library, Postcards

Library 1917

Tags: James Blackstone Memorial Library

Spiral Staircase

Tags: James Blackstone Memorial Library

Main Street, Pierpont Cottage #2

Mrs. H.J. Read’s; “Water has taken out house completely where chimney now stands. Other houses washed out completely”

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Hurricanes, Main Street, Pierpont Family

Main Street #2 - Short Beach & Branford Point

Main Street; Gray Gables house; “This cat lost eight of his lives but still has to eat. Beach covers road completely.”

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Gray Gables Cottage, Hurricanes

Main Street #3

Main Street; Fenn-2; Cottage tentatively identified as The Acorn. If it is The Acorn it was possibly owned by Mrs. Walter Dalley of Cheshire.

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Hurricanes, Main Street

Mrs. Harry J. Read Cottage #2

Mrs. H.J. Read; Fenn-2, Eggleston, Muleahy, John V. and Marie McClees

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Hurricanes, Read Family

Main Street #4

Main Street; Cottage tentatively identified as “The Acorn” possibly owned by Mrs. Walter Dalley of Cheshire; “This was taken at 8:30 the following morning and already clearing had started.”

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Hurricanes, Main Street

Main Street #5

Trolley Tracks on Main Street off Middle Beach; Gray Gables cottage visible on right side.

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Gray Gables Cottage, Hurricanes, Main Street, Middle Beach, Trolley Tracks

Center Beach #5

Trolley Tracks on Main Street near Middle Beach; Weihert (sp), Finn-2, Mcleahy, McClees

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Center Beach, Hurricanes, Middle Beach, Trolley Tracks

Center Beach #6

Trolley Tracks on Main Street near Middle Beach; Eggleston, Mcleahy, McClees

Tags: 1938 Hurricane, Center Beach, Hurricanes, Middle Beach, Trolley Tracks

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