Edith B. Nettleton Historical Room Photograph Collection
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Edith B. Nettleton Historical Room Photograph Collection
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This collection includes hundreds of historical photos of Guilford and environs, including scenic views, portraits, activities, celebrations, events, homes and businesses. Highlights include several photos of the aftermath of the Hurricane of 38 as well as ...
The northeast corner of Broad Street and Graves Avenue, showing Acadian House in the background, circa 1930-1945.
The Acadian House is one of the oldest buildings in Guilford, built as early as 1670 for Joseph Clay and his wife, Mary Lord. In the 1750's it was inhabited by Acadians living there as refugees from Canada, after France lost the French and Indian War.
Broad Street, First Congregational Church, Parsonage and Spencer Home, circa 1939-1945
The house on the far right was built in 1874 and designed by Henry Austin in the French Second Empire style for Elisha Chapman Bishop. Bishop was a Guilford native who earned his fortune in the Titusville, PA oil boom.
A postcard of Miss Chittenden's class at a school located on Long Hill Road, north of Route 80. The postcard was sent from the teacher, Miss Isabel Chittenden to Miss Frances Hubbard of Guilford. Miss Chittenden's note on the card which was mailed December 29, 1910, includes the message "My scholars and I wish you a Happy New Year."
The inscription on the postcard is dated December 6, 1906. The note on the card reads: "Guilford: How do like the looks of this card. Am quite sure you haven't one like it."
The sailing yacht, Mandoo, was owned by D. Spencer Berger, treasurer of Berger Brothers, a foundation manufacturer that incorporated in 1914, of New York and New Haven. Berger had a summer home on Vineyard Point in Guilford.
Rear of main dwelling and stable as viewed from the Lower Road. Gablehurst was built ca 1859 by Rev. E. Edwin Hall for his wife, a native of Switzerland. Subsequent owners added modern amenities as they were available. In 1906 it was purchased by Edward C. Seward. "It had a great big stable with a tower on it. We had four straight stalls and two box stalls, a harness room, a carriage room with a number of carriages in it. There was originally a water tank in the tower but we got hitched up to city water pretty soon." (from the oral history with grandson W. Saxton Seward, 1981) At the time it was destroyed by fire in June, 1925, it was owned by Mrs. E. C. Seward, and was leased to the Cameron School. The School had been at Pipe Bay (Indian Cove) at the camp of Mrs. Theodora Hooker until Mary Beattie secured Gablehurst. The carriage house was renovated in 1998 and the entrance moved from York Street (Boston Post Road) to 303 North River Street.
Gablehurst, view of stable and water tower on left, granite stone dwelling on right. Gablehurst was built ca 1859 by Rev. E. Edwin Hall for his wife, a native of Switzerland. Subsequent owners added modern amenities as they were available. In 1906 it was purchased by Edward C. Seward. "It had a great big stable with a tower on it. We had four straight stalls and two box stalls, a harness room, a carriage room with a number of carriages in it. There was originally a water tank in the tower but we got hitched up to city water pretty soon." (from the oral history with grandson W. Saxton Seward, 1981) At the time it was destroyed by fire in June, 1925, it was owned by Mrs. E. C. Seward, and was leased to the Cameron School. The School had been at Pipe Bay (Indian Cove) at the camp of Mrs. Theodora Hooker until Mary Beattie secured Gablehurst. The carriage house was renovated in 1998 and the entrance moved from York Street (Boston Post Road) to 303 North River Street.
Gablehurst: Front of the main dwelling view. Gablehurst was built ca 1859 by Rev. E. Edwin Hall for his wife, a native of Switzerland. Subsequent owners added modern amenities as they were available. In 1906 it was purchased by Edward C. Seward. "It had a great big stable with a tower on it. We had four straight stalls and two box stalls, a harness room, a carriage room with a number of carriages in it. There was originally a water tank in the tower but we got hitched up to city water pretty soon." (from the oral history with grandson W. Saxton Seward, 1981) At the time it was destroyed by fire in June, 1925, it was owned by Mrs. E. C. Seward, and was leased to the Cameron School. The School had been at Pipe Bay (Indian Cove) at the camp of Mrs. Theodora Hooker until Mary Beattie secured Gablehurst. The carriage house was renovated in 1998 and the entrance moved from York Street (Boston Post Road) to 303 North River Street.
Gablehurst: Rear of main dwelling. Gablehurst was built ca 1859 by Rev. E. Edwin Hall for his wife, a native of Switzerland. Subsequent owners added modern amenities as they were available. In 1906 it was purchased by Edward C. Seward. "It had a great big stable with a tower on it. We had four straight stalls and two box stalls, a harness room, a carriage room with a number of carriages in it. There was originally a water tank in the tower but we got hitched up to city water pretty soon." (from the oral history with grandson W. Saxton Seward, 1981) At the time it was destroyed by fire in June, 1925, it was owned by Mrs. E. C. Seward, and was leased to the Cameron School. The School had been at Pipe Bay (Indian Cove) at the camp of Mrs. Theodora Hooker until Mary Beattie secured Gablehurst. The carriage house was renovated in 1998 and the entrance moved from York Street (Boston Post Road) to 303 North River Street.
Gablehurst: Entrance through an avenue of old elms and approach to the main dwelling. Gablehurst was built circa 1859 by Rev. E. Edwin Hall for his wife, a native of Switzerland. Subsequent owners added modern amenities as they were available. In 1906 it was purchased by Edward C. Seward. "It had a great big stable with a tower on it. We had four straight stalls and two box stalls, a harness room, a carriage room with a number of carriages in it. There was originally a water tank in the tower but we got hitched up to city water pretty soon." (from the oral history with grandson W. Saxton Seward, 1981) At the time it was destroyed by fire in June, 1925, it was owned by Mrs. E. C. Seward, and was leased to the Cameron School. The School had been at Pipe Bay (Indian Cove) at the camp of Mrs. Theodora Hooker until Mary Beattie secured Gablehurst. The carriage house was renovated in 1998 and the entrance moved from York Street (Boston Post Road) to 303 North River Street.
Olmsted's Outlook is a one-half acre parcel of land located at the end of Broad Street on River Street. The land, owned by the Guilford Land Conservation Trust, offers views of the West River and surrounding salt marshes.
Olmsted's Outlook, is a small public park, located at the base of Broad Street on River Road. The park, owned by the Guilford Land Conservation Trust, offers views of the West River and surrounding salt marshes.
Olmsted's Outlook, is a small public park, located at the base of Broad Street on River Road. The park, owned by the Guilford Land Conservation Trust, offers views of the West River and surrounding salt marshes.
The Guilford chapter of the Women's Relief Corps is pictured in 1908. This photo marks the 20th anniversary of the group, which was originally organized by Mary E. Griswold and eleven other Guilford women, and called the Parmelee WRC, No. 32.
The members of the R.H. Norton Drum Corps are pictured.
Back row: Stephen Sullivan, G. Kenneth Cooper, Wm. F. Griswold, Howard Travers, Leslie R. Norton, George D. Sullivan. Center row: Robert H. Norton, Fridolph (?) Carlson. Front row: George Suelman, Paul Butler, Howard Dudley, Bob Lynch, Laurence Clayton.
Florence Baldwin, supervisor, (standing) oversees the women working at the Guilford Switchboard. Pictured left to right: Frances Larkins, Vera Clapp, Mildred Thompson, Mabel Spencer and Shirley Dinwoodie.
The Guilford High School Basketball Team, 1918-19, is pictured. Front row (left to right): Carlyle White, George Conway, Franklin Barker. Back row (left to right): Robert Norton, Mr. Hicks (principal), Merle Jillson, Richard Starr.
Guilford High School also had a girl's basketball team dating back to at least 1910.
Mr. John G. Bacon and his daughter, Helen Bacon stand with their bicycles on the south lawn of 200 Whitfield Street, known as the Capt. Joel Stone House. A veranda was later added to the home. According to Sarah B. McCullogh's "Guilford: A Walking Guide The Green & Neighboring Streets," the house was built in 1853 in the Italian Villa style as the retirement home of Captain Stone, who chose the location for its view of the Long Island Sound and Faulkner's Island.
A Charles Hubbard photo of the interior of Harvey Leete's Blacksmith Shop. The shop was adjacent to the William Shelley House, 1139 Boston Post Road. Leete's home and shop were built in 1760 on York Road, which is now called Boston Post Road.
The last wooden bridge in Guilford--Howlett's Bridge is pictured here in 1941. Howlett's Bridge crosses the East River in the Clapboard Hill area of Guilford.
Rustic Bridge, Lake Quonnipaug
This picture looks south along Route 77. The area of water to the right of the picture has been partially filled in and is now property of the water company. The current boat launch would be located behind the hill in the left of the photograph.
Howlett's Bridge in the Clapboard Hill area. Photo includes homes of Eli Dudley and M. G. Cornell. According to "Guilford Long Ago" this is the oldest known photo of this area, "Note the railing along the 'rickety' wooden bridge; the dirt rutted road; the unusually open countryside; the present home of the Conovers and home of Williams."
The West River and old Causeway (Water Street), July 21 which includes Jones Bridge. The photo is also available as a postcard titled Jones Bridge published by J. Harrison Monroe, Guilford, Connecticut.
The road just south of Jones Bridge, circa 1910 (date unconfirmed), is shown. John Dudley's wagon, loaded with milk cans is crossing the bridge, according to a note by Evelyn Graser. Jones Bridge is also referred to as the West River Bridge.
Group of Guilford residents, 1862
First row: Harry Parmelee, Benj. West and Dr. Cooke of Moodus, CT
Middle row: Sophia Spencer Bishop, unidentified, Mrs. Ulyssess Cook.
Back row: Mrs. Dr. West, Mrs. Benj. West, Miss Parmelee, Mrs. Parmelee, Miss Parmelee.
Labelers at Knowles Lombard Canning Factory, ca 1920
Front row: Edna Norton, Eva (Dadman) Roode, Ruth Alexander, remaining women in front row unidentified. Back Row, Mrs. Baskin, Sophie (Schubert) Hall, Mrs. Fair of North Branford, Minnie Chelb, Elsie (Jacobs) Galvin.
Guilford Home-Making Club's picnic at Andres, 1940.
Pictured in front: Anna Bates and Dorothy Dimwoodie. first row: Erna Eudres, Mina Giffs, Mollie Landon, Hattie Goodspeed Sorenson, Carlotte Lemley, Lilla Dolph, Mary Brown, Dove Potter.
Second Row: Anna Hunt, Helen Goldsmith, Lucretia Carter, Mrs. Cappezone, Esther Wilcox Dudley, Mable Smith, Mrs. Luttig, Henrietta Geider, Mrs. Nugent
(missing names?-- to be confirmed)
Members of the Guilford High School Class of 1910
Front row: Margaret L. Beers, Annie C. Davis, Grace N. Murray, Mary E. Sullivan. Second row: Earle Chapell, John G. Lewis, Jacob Shapero, James P. Sullivan, and Paul M. Griswold
Choir at Christ Episcopal Church, 1916-1918
Back row: C. Stowe Spencer, W. Morrell Stone, Samuel Spencer, Gideon Weld. Middle row: Rev. Henry Olmstead, Dr. F. DeWitt Smith, Katherine Wildman, Ida Butler, Emma Spencer (mother of Stowe and Samuel Spencer). Front row: Helen Bishop, Meta Spencer, Elizabeth Mullen, Mabel Davis, Edith Bates. Organist - Henry E. Fowler
Guilford championship baseball team for 1909. Pictured standing, left to right: Bartholomew, Conway, J. Sullivan, Dougherty, Galvin (scorer), White (manager). Pictured seated: G. Sullivan, Beckert, D. O'Neil, Smith, W. O'Neil, Butler.
Group of Guilford people visiting the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bullard in Rockledgy, Florida on February 9, 1929.
Pictured left to right: Back row: Elbert Dudley, unidentified, Mrs. Nettie Walter, unidentified, Henry Bullard, Mrs. Bullard. Middle row: Esther Bullard Mackenzie, Ada Wilcox, Mrs. Elbert Dudley, Muriel Dudley, unidentified, Mrs. Pendleton, unidentified, Mrs. Macy (?). Front row: Dr. Pendleton, Charles Scholey, George Walter, and unidentified.
Guilford people visiting Orlando, Florida. 1929. Pictured left to right, back row: Dr. John Pendleton, Elmer Wilcox, Mrs. Elmer Wilcox, Mrs. Georg Walter, Mrs. Hazel Townsend, Mrs. Robert Morton Sr., Mrs. Elbert Dudley, Raymond Rolf, Dr. Townsend. Front row: Barbara Rolf, Robert Def. Bristol, Mrs. Ray Rolf (Pauline), unidentified, Mrs. Pendleton, George Walter. Boy in front of group is unidentified.
Guilford people wintering/visiting Florida 1929 are pictured at the Orlando railroad station. The group welcomed Muriel Dudley who had just graduated from Hartford Hospital.
Pictured: (back row, left to right) Mrs. Bristol (?), Mrs. Elmer Wilcox (Ada), Mrs. Norton Townsend (Hazel), Muriel Dudley, Elbert Dudley, Raymond Rolf, Dr. Townsend. (Middle rows) Mrs. Robert Norton, Mrs. Elbert Dudley. In front of Mrs. Norton, unidentified woman, George Walter, Mrs. George Walter (Nettie), Mrs. John Pendleton, Dr. John Pendleton, Charles Scholey. Front Row, unidentified boy, Pauline Sperry Rolf and Robert Bristol.
