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SILENT GROUNDS COLLECTIVE · THE CONNECTICUT ARCHIVE

Connecticut,
in the frame.

Familiar streets. Forgotten places. The people who made them.
Explore local history, one photograph at a time.

1,180 images · 162 collections · All 8 counties

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THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER STORY

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The photo library

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Find your town

Explore collections by county, town and subject.

West Cemetery map

Explore mapped markers and the burial register.

MORE OF CONNECTICUT IN PICTURES

More places. More stories.

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Spectators escaping the burning circus tentHartford · Windsor

The Hartford Circus Fire: July 6, 1944

2 images + 14 source links · Read the story →Holy Land USA photographic postcard — early 1960sWaterbury

Holy Land USA: Waterbury’s Hilltop Landmark

10 images + 1 source link · Read the story →View of escape training tank, looking southGroton

Groton’s Submarine Escape Training Tank

20 images · Read the story →View northeast of wheelhouse area, tailrace (center), and dam; mill no. 5 (haer no. ct-44-b) and bridge at rightWindham

Willimantic: the river that powered a thread city

20 images · Read the story →Graduating ClassMansfield

Storrs: classrooms, farm fields and early college life

20 images · Read the story →Exterior, general view, front of house from north eastWinsted

Winsted: the Rockwell House, room by room

23 images · Read the story →

THE COLLECTION CATALOG

Find your place in history.

162 collections

1 collection in Branford

Counties follow the historical geographic boundaries used in these records.

COLLECTION 078Shops & businesses

Hallock’s Furniture & Appliances

New Haven · West Haven · Branford

Advertisements and storefront photographs trace a retailer through downtown and later locations.

Opening / first recorded · Early 1920s origins reported

10 catalog entries · 0 images & scans

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Research guide

Earlier editions: Town history research bundle · Health, transit and recreation bundle. Source links identify material held elsewhere; image credits explain dates and reuse terms.