The Railroad Station in Guilford. The original building was later replaced by Amtrak. The correspondence on the postcard is from Frances Aston of Guilford to Fred Aston of New Haven, Connecticut. It was mailed August 31, 1909.
A postcard of the Post Office located on Main Street of Leete's Island. The card was mailed April 17, 1911 to Mr. Fred Aston in New Haven, Connecticut.
A postcard from the interior of the Old Stone House which is now called the Henry Whitfield House. One of the three chairs shown, dated 1650, was owned by Gov. William Leete who was one of the forty founders of Guilford.
A postcard of the Cottages at Vineyard Point, Sachem Head, in Guilford, Conn.
Several cisterns are shown in this picture. The cottages were unable to have wells since they were built on stone. Instead cisterns were used to collect rainwater for the inhabitants of the cottages. However this meant that a dry summer meant no fresh water.
Guilford Point House Postcard. The card, dated October 17, 1912, is addressed to Mr. Alfred C. Dodd and reads:
"Just a line from Guilford. Cold weather and wind first this a.m. The air is fine and lovely. Hope you are getting along well. Yours (?) C.E.A.
A color postcard of Guilford's Sluice Dock. The sender of the postcard added "Come little fish and bite my hook." at the top of the postcard and "one for me and one for Maisy" along with the drawing of the fisherman and his catch. The back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. S.W. Gilbert, Swansey Factory, Keene, NH and reads:
Hello Aunty Gilbert!
You had ought to have been here today. I made home candy and it was good too! If I do have to say it my self - your time must be pretty well occupied that can't send a postal once in a while, but course if you were in Stafford Springs I would understand all about it. (ahem!) Take good care of your self. But don't do anything rash. Lots of love, name (unidentified).
Postcard of the trolley at Guilford Green. The Shoreline Electric Railway began operations on September 22, 1910 traveling between Branford and Saybrook, with a separate line providing access to New Haven.
Postcard of the Guilford Green, 1913. The lamp on the Green could be gas or electric. The first electric street lights were in 1898. Electricity was available on a 24-hour basis beginning about 1910. Telephone service began in 1882 but was discontinued due to too few subscribers. A central office opened in Guilford in 1896 with 10 subscribers.
