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.
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 cast of a production presented by Eagle Hose Dramatic Club of "The Old New Hampshire Home" is pictured on the steps of Town Hall. Performances were held May 24 and 25, 1910 as a fundraiser for the newly built Engine house.
Ladies Auxiliary to Civil War Veterans, Relief Corps Picnic at Sachem's Head Hotel
Pictured, left to right (standing): George Bradley (sheriff), Alvira Benton (pictured pointing), Fannie Butler, George Wheeler, A.G. Somer (barber), Eva Lee, Mrs. Charles G. Gladwin. Middle row (standing): unidentified, Mrs. William Fowler, unidentified, Mrs. Heir, Mrs. White. Seated in front: Mrs. George Bradley, Carrie Rowland, Eva Jillson, Addie Chittenden, George Rolf (liveryman), Mrs. George Rolf, Chester Lee.
I.S. Spencer Sons Manufacturing Co., 20 Fair Street
From Sarah Brown McCulloch’s Guilford: A Walking Guide (2012):
"Here, on a prime residential street of architecturally outstanding houses, stood a working foundry until only seven years ago and the remarkable thing about it is
that no one thought it was unusual. In 1851 Isaac Stowe Spencer and his son Christopher bought a small foundry that was already working on this site, and through the years enlarged both business and building. By 1860 they employed five men making, chiefly, agricultural implements. In 1869 they added a brick foundry to the original building which was again enlarged in 1880. By then sixty men were employed making parts for bicycles, legs for school desks, lamp pedestals, Spencer scales, and other cast-iron products. In 1883 I. S. Spencer's Sons
built a brass foundry which produced brass and iron castings in demand all over the country. By 1904 Frederick C. Spencer, Isaac’s grandson, had become
president, and new stock appeared in the 1905 catalogue—doorbells, name plates, door knobs, brass attachments —in addition to their previous items. It was F. C. Spencer who in 1910 built the beautifully proportioned tower on the south side which has become a Guilford landmark....The Spencers continued in business until 1945. The firm ceased operations in 1982 and the building has been turned into condominiums."
Robert Walker sold his radios in Dudley & Beckwith's store, located at 68 Whitfield Street. The large horns of the radios can be seen at the rear of the store, sitting atop sewing machines.
This image is from a postcard photo by O. B. Husted.
Incorporated in 1881, the Sachem's Head Canning Co. was owned by Fred H. Rolf and canned tomatoes and pumpkins at a capacity of 20,000 cans per day. In midseason, the company employed more than 100 people. Fred H. Rolf entered the coal business in 1905.
The 8th grade class of the Guilford Institute, 1921. Pictured left to right: (Standing) Florence Howarth, Charles Allan, Benjamin Cohen, Pete Coulter, Tom Whiteman, ? Green, Emory Morse, John Ashman, Hedwig Tetzlaff. Second row (seated): Edith B. Nettleton (salutorian), Esther Wilcox, Lillian Preuss, Helen Markhau, Edna Wilcox. Front Row: Helen Patch, Vivan Bergen, Edna Brown (valedictorian).
In 1897 Fred H. Rolf purchased from Darwin N. Benton his combined canning industry and feed business. Years later Rolf dropped the canning business and enlarged his feed and grain business. In 1919 John B. Hubbard joined Rolf as a business associate and in 1925 they incorporated the Fred H. Rolf business on Water Street, which had expanded into farm machinery and roofing materials as well as feed and grain. Fred Rolf is pictured on left.
