Connecticut History Illustrated

Connecticut History Illustrated

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Title: Chapin plane factory: five employees, Pine Meadow (New Hartford)
Date: 1890
Summary: Five young men wearing overalls or aprons stand in the interior of an industrial building. There appears to be a sink or vat in the foreground. A workbench is in the background beneath two windows. Posters, clipping and a [lithographic?] portrait of "Keene" are glued to the wall. One of the posters advertises the strong man Louis Cyr. Inscribed on back: "Jimmie Mulcunary [?]"
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:18793

Title: Aero View of Danielson, Connecticut 1913
Creator: Hughes & Bailey (Creator)
Summary: View of a small industrial town located at the junction of the Assawaga River and the Quinebaug River. A large factory is located at the junction of the two rivers. A larger complex of factory buildings is in the foreground. Workers' housing lines the nearby streets. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad runs through town. The railroad station is near the center of town, just off Main Street, which is lined with commercial buildings and churches. Vignettes show the factories of the Connecticut Mills Co. and E.H. Jacobs Manufacturing Co. Other businesses include A.E. Meech Hardware, the Danielson Garage, and Austin & Conwell Cash Grocery. Other vignettes show churches, schools, the Bugbee Memorial Library, the town hall, and Davis Park.
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:14167

Title: Pratt and Whitney Company, Flower Street Bridge
Creator: DeLamater, R.S. (Creator)
Date: 1883
Summary: Industrial masonry factory buildings at Flower Street Bridge and Park River. Building sign on right says "The Pratt & Whitney Co., Tools & Fixtures For Firearms, Sewing Machines & c. Taps, Dies, Bolt Cutters, Forging Machinery, Thread Size Gauges" and smaller buildings on right have smokestacks. On left is a Three-story brick building on left with entry porch may be apartments. Bridge with masonry rail and stone block retaining wall is near bushes, trees and sheds. Steam appears to be coming from building in background. At the right is a lamppost and a horse-drawn wagon. Inscription on back: "Pratt & Whitney / Hartford, Conn / 1883" "Flower Street Bridge" "George E. Carter"
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:11230

Title: Coe Brass Manufacturing Company Plant
Date: 1864
Summary: Exterior of plant, stone and wooden buildings with large chimneys. Horse, wagon, wheelbarrow and several men in front of central building.
Owner: Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:199721505

Title: Chapin plane factory: four women workers, Pine Meadow (New Hartford)
Date: 1890
Summary: Four women stand in an industrial interior. All wear checked aprons over long skirts. One woman is holding a tool. Metal plane parts are lined up on a bench in front of them. Large bottles are on a box in the right background. Drive wheels and belts connect to a shaft near the ceiling. A gas fixture is at upper left, near a window with a shade.
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:18790

Title: Processing silk fibers, Cheney Brothers, Manchester
Creator: W. F. Miller & Co (Creator)
Date: 1918
Summary: Men stand beside long rows of machines in a factory interior. Some men wear overalls. One man has a mustache. A man in the center aisle holds a broom. The machines have large drums around which the silk fibers are wound. They are powered by belts attached to drive wheels on a shaft that runs along the ceiling. Bins and bags are on the floor behind the men. Electric light bulbs with shades hang from the ceiling. Inscribed on back: "Cheney Bros."
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:9439

Title: Paper mills, Riverton
Creator: Mills, Lewis Sprague, 1874-1965 (Photographer)
Date: 1895 - 1955
Summary: Long two and a half story building with the first floor constructed of stone and the upper stories of wood. The Farmington River lies in the foreground of the picture.
Owner: Connecticut State Library
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/30002:1313

Title: Union Chair Factory, Robertsville, Conn.
Creator: Mills, Lewis Sprague, 1874-1965 (Photographer)
Date: 1895 - 1920
Summary: Two large two story wooden factory buildings in a winter landscape. One has a sign "Union Chair" on it. A line of men stands in front of the buildings )One of the stands grasping a chair in front of him. Horses and carts are visible. A large pile of snow covered logs lies in the foreground with the slopes of Litchfield Hills visible in the background.
Owner: Connecticut State Library
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/30002:1396

Title: Glastonbury Cotton Factory
Creator: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885 (Creator)
Date: 1834
Summary: View looking down the glen at Cotton Hollow, also known as Cotton Factory Village. Roaring Brook flows steeply downhill with trees on either side, inscribed "Button wood / interspersed / with / Hemlock" on the left and "Hemlock" on the right. Houses and other buildings line the stream on the left; large industrial buildings are in the background. Barber, in his text, identifies the business as the Hartford Manufacturing Co.
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:9510

Title: Mechanicsville, East Haddam
Creator: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885 (Creator)
Date: 1834
Summary: View of Mechanicsville from across the Moodus River. A stone arched bridge is at the left and a dam and waterfall are at the right. On the opposite side of the river, inscriptions identify a "Grist mill," a "Twine factory" and a "Cotton F[actory]." Other notes identify "Hemlock" and "Granite."
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:9608

Title: Mailroom Of The Western Electric Factory, West Haven
Date: 1948
Summary: 5 men surrounded by boxes with addresses and postal markings in large room with conveyor belt running along wall.
Owner: Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:199707234

Title: View Of Baltic Mills, Baltic
Date: 1880 - 1930
Summary: Crossing sign marks intersection on unpaved road and railroad tracks with large mill plant in background.
Owner: Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:199701427

Title: Seth Thomas Clock Factory, Thomaston
Date: 1949
Summary: Automobiles parked on paved street. Factory buildings with water tower on right next to 3 story wood frame house.
Owner: Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:199725142

Title: View Of Thomaston
Date: 1949
Summary: Bird's eye view of river, town and surrounding area.
Owner: Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:199725143

Title: Park River in flood, factories along Capitol Avenue, Hartford, possibly 1924
Creator: City of Hartford (Creator)
Date: 1924
Summary: View of the Park River in flood, Hartford. Factories along Capitol Avenue can be seen on the left side of the river. In the distance, a sign for the Johns-Pratt company is visible. The 1920 city directory identifies the Johns-Pratt company at 555 Capitol Avenue. Part of a series of images of flooded areas of Hartford, one of which is dated circa 1924. There was a major flood in 1927, and the photographs may depict that time period rather than 1924.
Owner: Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:2673

Title: Fuse Factory
Creator: McRobbie, Katherine (Donator)
Date: 1907-01-19
Summary: View of the Ensign-Bickford fuse factory in Avon, CT.
Owner: Avon Free Public Library
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/150002:26

Title: Corbin & Tortellott Shoe Manufactory
Creator: Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930 (Creator)
Date: 1870 - 1879
Summary: View of an industrial building identified as the Corbin and Tortellott Shoe Manufactory, possibly in the Putnam area. The section closest to the camera has a mansard roof. The remaining area has a pitched roof. Below are two stories with wood siding resting on a brick ground floor. Several men stand beside the building. Sign below the mansard roof directly above the men reads: "SHOE MANUFACTORY".
Owner: Mystic Seaport
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:2748

Title: Hockanum Company, Rockville (Vernon)
Date: 1890
Summary: Industrial clapboard complex of clapboard and masonry buildings with skylights, smokestack and center tower with large cupola and weathervane. On right is one and a half story Second Empire house which appears to belong to the complex. A horse and wagon is in street near trees and a utility pole. In foreground is the Hockanum River, rail and picket fences, stone retaining wall and wooden foot bridge. Inscription on back: "Woolen Mill, Rockville"
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:18782

Title: Chapin plane factory: women workers, Pine Meadow (New Hartford)
Date: 1890
Summary: Five women pose in the interior of an industrial building. All wear long checked skirts or aprons and white blouses. One woman sits in a chair at a workbench. Another stands beside a vise. Strips of metal are on the benches. Tools, including wrenches, hang from the walls and beams. Pipes, probably gas pipes, run along the ceiling and hang down at the left.
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:18788

Title: Factory workers, Bethel
Creator: Northern Survey Company (Creator)
Date: 1880 - 1889
Summary: Group of men wearing aprons, some wearing hats, standing in front of a factory building, possibly a fur hat manufactory. A man looks out a first floor window and a woman looks out a second floor window. There are striped awnings on some of the second floor windows. There is a large box beside the side door and an addition at the back of the main building. A dirt road is in the foreground.
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:18325

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