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Samuel Colt House, 80 Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Samuel Colt House, 80 Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford, Hartford County, ...

Significance: Built for Samuel Colt, inventor of the colt revolver and pioneer in mass production techniques. This revolver was popularized during the Mexican War. Survey number: HABS CT-357 National Registe... More

Samuel Moore House, Station 48 - Main Street, East Windsor Hill, Hartford County, CT

Samuel Moore House, Station 48 - Main Street, East Windsor Hill, Hartf...

Survey number: HABS CT-42 Building/structure dates: 1700 Initial Construction

Old State House, Main Street & Central Row, Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Old State House, Main Street & Central Row, Hartford, Hartford County,...

Significance: The Old State House is thought to be the first public building designed by Charles Bulfinch. It uses federal style architecture. Survey number: HABS CT-3-3 Building/structure dates: 1796 Initial... More

Old State House, Main Street & Central Row, Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Old State House, Main Street & Central Row, Hartford, Hartford County,...

Significance: The Old State House is thought to be the first public building designed by Charles Bulfinch. It uses federal style architecture. Survey number: HABS CT-3-3 Building/structure dates: 1796 Initial... More

Captain Asa Deming House, Rocky Hill (moved to MA, Wellesley), Rocky Hill, Hartford County, CT

Captain Asa Deming House, Rocky Hill (moved to MA, Wellesley), Rocky H...

Survey number: HABS CT-13 Building/structure dates: 1785 Initial Construction

Captain Asa Deming House, Rocky Hill (moved to MA, Wellesley), Rocky Hill, Hartford County, CT

Captain Asa Deming House, Rocky Hill (moved to MA, Wellesley), Rocky H...

Survey number: HABS CT-13 Building/structure dates: 1785 Initial Construction

Captain Asa Deming House, Rocky Hill (moved to MA, Wellesley), Rocky Hill, Hartford County, CT

Captain Asa Deming House, Rocky Hill (moved to MA, Wellesley), Rocky H...

Survey number: HABS CT-13 Building/structure dates: 1785 Initial Construction

Watson-Bancroft House, Main Street, East Windsor Hill, Hartford County, CT

Watson-Bancroft House, Main Street, East Windsor Hill, Hartford County...

Survey number: HABS CT-219 Building/structure dates: 1809 Initial Construction

Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on CT State Route 140, Windsor Locks, Hartford County, CT

Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on CT State Route 140...

Significance: The Bridge Street Bridge is a riveted Pratt through truss design consisting of seven spans of approximately 152 feet each. Each span has six 25-foot by 4-inch panels. Survey number: HAER CT-34 ... More

Avon Old Farms School, 500 Avon Old Farms Road, Avon, Hartford County, CT

Avon Old Farms School, 500 Avon Old Farms Road, Avon, Hartford County,...

Significance: Avon Old Farms School was designed, financed and constructed by architect Theodate Pope Riddle in memory of her father, Alfred Atmore Pope. Pope worked on this project from 1918 until 1929, combi... More

Noah Webster House, 227 South Main Street, West Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Noah Webster House, 227 South Main Street, West Hartford, Hartford Cou...

Significance: Birthplace (1758) of Noah Webster author of textbooks, histories and "An American Dictionary of English Language" (1828), the basis of today's American dictionary. Characteristic of late 17th cen... More

Mechanics Savings Bank Building, 80 Pearl Street, Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mechanics Savings Bank Building, 80 Pearl Street, Hartford, Hartford C...

Significance: The Mechanics Savings Bank building is a fine example of the Neo Classical Revival style of architecture. Its colossal granite fluted Doric columns in antis and the entablature they support with ... More

Mechanics Savings Bank Building, 80 Pearl Street, Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mechanics Savings Bank Building, 80 Pearl Street, Hartford, Hartford C...

Significance: The Mechanics Savings Bank building is a fine example of the Neo Classical Revival style of architecture. Its colossal granite fluted Doric columns in antis and the entablature they support with ... More

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South side by Orange Street, on East side by Booth Street & on West side by Grove Street, New Britain, Hartford County, CT

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South...

Significance: Fafnir Bearing Company was one of a half-dozen ball bearing manufacturers that dominated world production of ball bearings in the first half of the twentieth century. Fafnir made several importan... More

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South side by Orange Street, on East side by Booth Street & on West side by Grove Street, New Britain, Hartford County, CT

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South...

Significance: Fafnir Bearing Company was one of a half-dozen ball bearing manufacturers that dominated world production of ball bearings in the first half of the twentieth century. Fafnir made several importan... More

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South side by Orange Street, on East side by Booth Street & on West side by Grove Street, New Britain, Hartford County, CT

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South...

Significance: Fafnir Bearing Company was one of a half-dozen ball bearing manufacturers that dominated world production of ball bearings in the first half of the twentieth century. Fafnir made several importan... More

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South side by Orange Street, on East side by Booth Street & on West side by Grove Street, New Britain, Hartford County, CT

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South...

Significance: Fafnir Bearing Company was one of a half-dozen ball bearing manufacturers that dominated world production of ball bearings in the first half of the twentieth century. Fafnir made several importan... More

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South side by Orange Street, on East side by Booth Street & on West side by Grove Street, New Britain, Hartford County, CT

Fafnir Bearing Plant, Bounded on North side by Myrtle Street, on South...

Significance: Fafnir Bearing Company was one of a half-dozen ball bearing manufacturers that dominated world production of ball bearings in the first half of the twentieth century. Fafnir made several importan... More

50 Dean Street (House), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

50 Dean Street (House), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Survey number: HABS CT-340 Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Welles-Shipman House, Station Street, South Glastonbury, Hartford County, CT

Welles-Shipman House, Station Street, South Glastonbury, Hartford Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS CT-57 Building/structure dates: 1750 Initial Construction

Welles-Shipman House, Station Street, South Glastonbury, Hartford County, CT

Welles-Shipman House, Station Street, South Glastonbury, Hartford Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS CT-57 Building/structure dates: 1750 Initial Construction

Welles-Shipman House, Station Street, South Glastonbury, Hartford County, CT

Welles-Shipman House, Station Street, South Glastonbury, Hartford Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS CT-57 Building/structure dates: 1750 Initial Construction

Dr. William M. Curtis House, 23-25 High Street, Bristol, Hartford County, CT

Dr. William M. Curtis House, 23-25 High Street, Bristol, Hartford Coun...

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Major General Solomon Cowles House, Main Street, Farmington, Hartford County, CT

Major General Solomon Cowles House, Main Street, Farmington, Hartford ...

Survey number: HABS CT-3-6 Building/structure dates: after 1800 Initial Construction

Major General Solomon Cowles House, Main Street, Farmington, Hartford County, CT

Major General Solomon Cowles House, Main Street, Farmington, Hartford ...

Survey number: HABS CT-3-6 Building/structure dates: after 1800 Initial Construction

Hill-Stead, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington, Hartford County, CT

Hill-Stead, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington, Hartford County, CT

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Hill-Stead, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington, Hartford County, CT

Hill-Stead, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington, Hartford County, CT

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Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original address of 531 Farmington Avenue), Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

House (Doorways), Scantic, Hartford County, CT

House (Doorways), Scantic, Hartford County, CT

Survey number: HABS CT-196 Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tobacco hanging on racks in the barn. Drying at the farm of Mr. Colson. Suffield, Connecticut

Tobacco hanging on racks in the barn. Drying at the farm of Mr. Colson...

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This giant machine grinds and finishes the bases of rough cut propellers at the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

This giant machine grinds and finishes the bases of rough cut propelle...

Public domain photograph of Connecticut in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Church. Thompsonville, Connecticut

Church. Thompsonville, Connecticut

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Repair shop in Thompsonville, Connecticut

Repair shop in Thompsonville, Connecticut

Public domain photograph of a shop, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aircraft motor casings at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

Aircraft motor casings at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. ...

Public domain photograph of Connecticut in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New type of plating machine being used at the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. It automatically dips the part into the proper solutions for the proper lengths of time. East Hartford, Connecticut

New type of plating machine being used at the Hamilton Standard Propel...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Working on the assembly of a Pratt and Whitney Engine. At the plant in East Hartford, Connecticut

Working on the assembly of a Pratt and Whitney Engine. At the plant in...

Annotation on original negative jacket: 3. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informati... More

Mr. Colson with the last tobacco brought in from the field to be hung in the barn for curing. Suffield, Connecticut

Mr. Colson with the last tobacco brought in from the field to be hung ...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Working on the final assembly of Pratt and Whitney Aircraft motors at the plant in East Hartford, Connecticut

Working on the final assembly of Pratt and Whitney Aircraft motors at ...

Annotation on original negative jacket: 4. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informati... More

A special drill press cuts a great number of holes simultaneously in casings for engines at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

A special drill press cuts a great number of holes simultaneously in c...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A drill press in operation at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

A drill press in operation at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporati...

Annotation on original negative jacket: 16. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informat... More

Leaves of tobacco in a field near Warehouse Point, Connecticut

Leaves of tobacco in a field near Warehouse Point, Connecticut

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Rolfe Lawrence Chickering, farmboy from Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, who came to work at Pratt and Whitney United Aircraft in January 1941. Because of congested housing conditions, he commutes twenty miles each way daily from East Hartford to Suffield Connecticut, where he lives with a private family, pays eight dollars weekly for room and board. He is single, about twenty years old

Rolfe Lawrence Chickering, farmboy from Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, who ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Crated engines. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

Crated engines. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. East Hartford,...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housing project

FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housing project

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Engine parts. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation, East Hartford, Connecticut

Engine parts. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation, East Hartford, C...

Public domain photograph of Connecticut in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trailer camp opposite United Aircraft where many Pratt and Whitney workers live with their families because of housing congestion in and near Hartford, Connecticut

Trailer camp opposite United Aircraft where many Pratt and Whitney wor...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Home of Mr. and Mrs. William McCarthy. He works at Arrow Hart-Hageman Electric Company and they are natives of Hartford, Connecticut. His wife broke her leg and they have to find another apartment, as rents are so high and conditions so crowded

Home of Mr. and Mrs. William McCarthy. He works at Arrow Hart-Hageman ...

Public domain photograph of Connecticut in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crated engines. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

Crated engines. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. East Hartford,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Indian performers at the Indian fair sponsored by the local Indian association

Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Indian performers at the Indian fair spons...

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Michael Du Mond, former gunshop proprietor in Wisconsin, came to Hartford in August to work at Colts at forty dollars a week, and has received several raises since. It took him four months to find a place for his wife and two children, namely a hotel apartment for sixty dollars a month, eating all meals out. Now they have a very hot small attic apartment, third floor, for thirty dollars a month, and no place for children to play. Hartford, Connecticut

Michael Du Mond, former gunshop proprietor in Wisconsin, came to Hartf...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense workers signing up for house. FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housing project. Hartford, Connecticut

Defense workers signing up for house. FSA (Farm Security Administratio...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Trailer camp opposite United Aircraft where many Pratt and Whitney workers live with their families, because of housing congestion in and near Hartford, Connecticut

Trailer camp opposite United Aircraft where many Pratt and Whitney wor...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Rolfe Chickering, farmboy from Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, leaving work at Pratt and Whitney United Aircraft with his friend. They commute to Suffield, Connecticut because of housing congestion around East Hartford, Connecticut (see 57612D)

Rolfe Chickering, farmboy from Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, leaving work ...

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Southington, Connecticut, an American town and its way of life. The vested choir singing at a Sunday morning service

Southington, Connecticut, an American town and its way of life. The ve...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a jury, political committee, politics, and government, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Single-row power cases for Pratt and Whitney airplane engines are stored for further machining in a large Eastern factory from which comes a steady flow of power plants for our mighty warships of the air. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Single-row power cases...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hartford, Connecticut (vicinity). Polish farmer's wife reading a letter from her son in the armed forces

Hartford, Connecticut (vicinity). Polish farmer's wife reading a lette...

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Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. Soaking raw silk to be used in making parachute cloth and shroud lines. In order to obtain the best results in subsequent operations, it is necessary that the silk be treated in a soaking bath. The still, or non-agitated method, is being used in this instance

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. Soaking raw silk to be used i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Southington, Connecticut. The family of Ralph Hurlbut. A Sunday dinner honoring Corporal Robert Hurlbut, twenty-one, home on his first furlough from the army. All of the Hurlbuts are on hand for the occasion, including the married and grandchildren. Corporal Robert is not the only Hurlbut serving his country. The elder Hurlbut works in a defense plant and Mrs. Hurlbut and all of the children old enough are enrolled in various American voluntary services

Southington, Connecticut. The family of Ralph Hurlbut. A Sunday dinner...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a roller coaster, Southington, Connecticut. Amusement park

A black and white photo of a roller coaster, Southington, Connecticut....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane propellers. Hamilton propeller blades for our warships of the air are placed into a Barnes multiple drill by Frank Krupczak at a Hartford, Connecticut, plant. This machine performs the precise boring operations required before fitting to spiders in sets of two or three

Production. Airplane propellers. Hamilton propeller blades for our war...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Power section assemblies for Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. These assemblies soon form important parts of the mighty engines that will carry our fighting planes to many victories. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Power section assembli...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. They'll soon be adding to the power of our mighty American air forces. Rough forgings for the master piston rods of Pratt and Whitney motors are ready for the fine machining that will transform them into the precision-made engine parts that account largely for the excellences of American fighting aircraft. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. They'll soon be adding...

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Production. 45-caliberautomatic pistols. William Watson gauges and inspects barrel drilling holes on .45-caliber automatic pistols in the plant of a large manufacturer of firearms. Many men and women are employed here in producing pistols, machine guns and other essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. 45-caliberautomatic pistols. William Watson gauges and ins...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of men standing around a building. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing around a building. Office of War Information P...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Parachute making. German-born Reinhard Lehman left his family in charge of his farm so that he could make these parachute harnesses in an Eastern plant. One of his sons is in the Marines, a nephew is in the Army. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. German-born Reinhard Lehman left his fam...

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Southington, Connecticut. Southington's U.S. Post Office. In its lobby is a mural depicting the industry and some of the landmarks of the town. It was exectued by Ann Hunt Spencer, who studied art in Paris and received the Kosciuszko Foundation's scholarship in 1937 for study and travel in Poland

Southington, Connecticut. Southington's U.S. Post Office. In its lobby...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Hartford, Connecticut (vicinity). Son of Russian sea captain, who makes his living on a farm

Hartford, Connecticut (vicinity). Son of Russian sea captain, who make...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of two children sitting at desks, Southington, Connecticut. School girls studying

A black and white photo of two children sitting at desks, Southington,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of people standing next to a bus, Southington, Connecticut. Bus and children

A group of people standing next to a bus, Southington, Connecticut. Bu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a police officer, Southington, Connecticut. Chief of police

A black and white photo of a police officer, Southington, Connecticut....

Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Parachute making. What a boomerang these shroud lines may turn out to be! Made partly from Japanese silk, they are being layed out for marking and cutting. The marker is Charles Baggott, at one time an English butler at the British Embassy in Washington. The parachutes he is helping to produce hold a personal interest for him since his mother and four sisters are in England and his brother is a Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot instructor in Canada. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. What a boomerang these shroud lines may ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Cylinders are installed on power section assemblies of a new Pratt and Whitney airplane engine produced in a large Eastern plant now engaged exclusively in supplying the planes of our air forces with excellent American power installations. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Cylinders are installe...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Magneto driving gears for Pratt and Whitney airplane motors are tested for hardness on a Rockwell machine in a large Eastern plant producing engines in great numbers for our armed forces. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Magneto driving gears ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Agnes Mahan, bench lathe operator at a large Eastern firearms plant, makes oil drills for .50- caliber machine gun barrels. Many women workers are employed in this plant, producing essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Agnes Mahan, bench lathe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Southington, Connecticut. Members of the youth drum corps

Southington, Connecticut. Members of the youth drum corps

Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southington, Connecticut. A little girl is having her teeth fixed in the center's modern dental clinic

Southington, Connecticut. A little girl is having her teeth fixed in t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, nurse, caring, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A little girl sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper, Southington, Connecticut. School girls studying

A little girl sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper, Southingt...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Windsor Locks, Connecticut (vicinity). Daughter of Polish farmer helping in the tobacco harvest

Windsor Locks, Connecticut (vicinity). Daughter of Polish farmer helpi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of famine, hunger, powerty, refugees, people suffering, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of children, Southington, Connecticut. Class instruction

A black and white photo of a group of children, Southington, Connectic...

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Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. Warping nylon threads for use in the making of parachute cloth in an Eastern plant. This picture shows the threads coming from the nylon spools to the warping machine. The number of threads is 1,000. When one thread breaks, an electric switch stops the operation of all the machines. This woman, of German descent, has a son in the U.S. Army

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. Warping nylon threads for use...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a church. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a church. Office of War Information Photogr...

Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Southington, Connecticut. An American town and its way of life. Southington girls, members of the youth drum corps

Southington, Connecticut. An American town and its way of life. Southi...

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Southington, Connecticut. Orchards and farmland in the surroundings of Southington

Southington, Connecticut. Orchards and farmland in the surroundings of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a woman wearing a hat, Southington, Connecticut. A citizen

A black and white photo of a woman wearing a hat, Southington, Connect...

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A black and white photo of a man working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory. Office of War I...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

New Britain, Connecticut. A woman driving the shuttle truck between the plants of the Fafnir Bearing Company, delivering packages and passengers

New Britain, Connecticut. A woman driving the shuttle truck between th...

Public domain photograph of Connecticut in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center opened September 15, 1942, for thirty children, ages two through five of mothers engaged in war industry. The hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. six days per week. Washing up for lunch

New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center opened September 15, 194...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New Britain, Connecticut. Women employed at the Landers, Frary and Clark. Drilling holes in bomb fuses

New Britain, Connecticut. Women employed at the Landers, Frary and Cla...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

New Britain, Connecticut. A girl at the Fafnir Bearing Company testing bomb shackles

New Britain, Connecticut. A girl at the Fafnir Bearing Company testing...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Colt Fire Arms Company, East Armory Building, 36-150 Huyshope Avenue, 17-170 Van Dyke Avenue, 49 Vredendale Avenue, Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Colt Fire Arms Company, East Armory Building, 36-150 Huyshope Avenue, ...

Survey number: HAER CT-189-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76001987, 03000171

Squire Elisha Pitkin House, Roberts Lane, East Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Squire Elisha Pitkin House, Roberts Lane, East Hartford, Hartford Coun...

Survey number: HABS CT-18 Building/structure dates: 1758 Initial Construction

Squire Elisha Pitkin House, Roberts Lane, East Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Squire Elisha Pitkin House, Roberts Lane, East Hartford, Hartford Coun...

Survey number: HABS CT-18 Building/structure dates: 1758 Initial Construction

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