New Haven Jail & the Fire of 1910
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: SGC99-S1
title: History of New Haven County: the county jail
url: https://archive.org/details/historyofnewhave00rock
summary: Nineteenth-century county history records construction beginning in 1856 and occupation of the Whalley Avenue jail in 1857.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: History of New Haven County: the county jail
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id: SGC99-S2
title: The Summit Herald, April 16, 1910
url: https://www.njhistorical.org/uploads/Summit/Newspapers/Herald/1910s/1910/1910-04-16.pdf
summary: Contemporary report of six firefighters killed in the New Haven county-jail workshop fire.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: The Summit Herald, April 16, 1910
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id: SGC99-S3
title: New Haven Register: centennial of the jail fire
url: https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/April-marks-100th-anniversary-of-New-Haven-Fire-11603859.php
summary: 2010 retrospective and historical photographs. The fire occurred April 13, 1910 on Whalley Avenue.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: New Haven Register: centennial of the jail fire
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id: SGC99-S4
title: National Park Service: New Haven Green jail history
url: https://www.nps.gov/places/new-haven-green.htm
summary: The earlier jail held Amistad survivors from September 1839 to August 1840.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: National Park Service: New Haven Green jail history
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id: SGC-PHOTO-LINK-007
title: Remembering the six firefighters lost in 1910
kind: Photograph collections
date: Dates stated by source
institution: New Haven Jail & the Fire of 1910
summary: The New Haven Register’s centennial remembrance includes the jail-fire story and accompanying illustrations. Open the publisher’s presentation for its images and credits.
url: https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/April-marks-100th-anniversary-of-New-Haven-Fire-11603859.php
credit: New Haven Register
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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