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Photographs · 1930-05-15

Contemporary newspaper report of a school investigation

Meriden Boys’ Home & School

A May 15, 1930 newspaper report discusses an investigation into alleged brutality at the Connecticut School for Boys. It documents contemporary scrutiny, rather than establishing the investigation's eventual findings.

Evidence, credit & reuse: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Primary scan text indexed and verified; direct PDF returned403 in current web tool. Exact page/crop still needed. Treat as link-only scan candidate until visual page verification. Reuse: Underlying 1930 US newspaper publication public domain by age; no additional archive reuse statement verified.

Source: Associated Press report; Manchester Evening Herald / Manchester Historical Society newspaper archive

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Silent Grounds Collective, Meriden Boys’ Home & School, SGC-MB-005, ED-H2-HT-SP-046, “Contemporary newspaper report of a school investigation.” Source: Associated Press report; Manchester Evening Herald / Manchester Historical Society newspaper archive. https://cdn.manchesterhistory.org/News/Manchester%20Evening%20Hearld_1930-05-15.pdf. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-12.

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