Broad Street Cemetery
A photographic history with cited opening dates, collection history and individually credited images. Historic views, later photographs and illustrations are dated separately. This is a selected collection, not an exhaustive inventory.

id: SGC98-S1
title: Broad Street Cemetery: Hale inscription transcription
url: https://www.dcyale.com/hale_broad_street.html
summary: Transcription of the Hale survey, cemetery code 211-1, with an early cemetery photograph and historical-book references.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: Broad Street Cemetery: Hale inscription transcription
notes: Linked source. Photographs and documents at the publisher retain their individual rights.
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id: SGC98-S2
title: Connecticut SHPO: Hale cemetery inventory
url: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/decd/historic-preservation/01_programs_services/hurricane-sandy/cemeteries/copy-of-halecemeteries_master_table.pdf
summary: Identifies Meriden’s Broad Street Cemetery as 211.01, Volume 26, pages 1–25.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: Connecticut SHPO: Hale cemetery inventory
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id: SGC98-S3
title: FamilySearch: Broad Street Cemetery
url: https://www.familysearch.org/en/cemeteries/sites/23658/broad-street-cemetery?showMap=false
summary: Burial index including Thankful Ackley, 1702–1771; derivative records require comparison with stones and original surveys.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: FamilySearch: Broad Street Cemetery
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id: SGC98-S4
title: The Patriots memorial: photographic record
url: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=271849
summary: Photographs of the Revolutionary War memorial and headstones at the Meriden cemetery.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: The Patriots memorial: photographic record
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id: SGC98-S5
title: Broad Street Cemetery: photograph album
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cemeteryrodeo/albums/72157622344536161/
summary: A separately credited external album of 124 cemetery photographs; images remain with their photographer.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: Broad Street Cemetery: photograph album
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id: PHOTO-193471407
title: Broad Street Cemetery in Meriden, CT
kind: Photographs
date: 2026-01-24
institution: Broad Street Cemetery
summary: Snow on the ground in Broad Street Cemetery in Meriden, Connecticut, USA.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broad_Street_Cemetery_in_Meriden,_CT.jpg
credit: MConradWard; CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
notes: Reproduced from the credited source. A resized source derivative is used for display; the original-resolution source remains linked. Hosted by Silent Grounds Collective. SHA-256 of uploaded source: db6c14fd19a0c0ee29d3b5595fef6a1d1d5bde800480ffa115bc0afe464ecab1.
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id: PHOTO-broad-historic
title: Broad Street Cemetery in an early view
kind: Photographs
date: Early 20th century; caption date uncertain
institution: Broad Street Cemetery
summary: Weathered gravestones and a tall monument stand beneath broad trees. The transcription website dates this photograph circa 1909 but attributes it to the 1906 A Century of Meriden; those conflicting labels do not establish an exact exposure date.
url: https://www.dcyale.com/hale_broad_street.html
credit: A Century of Meriden (1906), as attributed by D. C. Yale; public-domain historical photograph; digital reproduction at dcyale.com.
notes: Public-domain historical image reproduced from the linked source. Original caption and attribution retained; no historical detail has been reconstructed. Hosted by Silent Grounds Collective. SHA-256 of uploaded source: f38765378188840d7c1bb3e94da7dafaff27ebf523446668ebee25b0c183fa41.
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id: SGC-PHOTO-LINK-002
title: Broad Street Cemetery: a walk among the stones
kind: Photograph collections
date: Dates stated by source
institution: Broad Street Cemetery
summary: Browse cemeteryrodeo’s photographic album of Broad Street Cemetery, including individual gravestones and wider views. Images remain with the photographer.
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cemeteryrodeo/albums/72157622344536161/
credit: cemeteryrodeo / Flickr
notes: Linked photo collection. Copyright and reuse terms remain with the photographer or publisher. Images have not been copied into this archive.
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