History
A Moment in Time: Old Photos Invited from Our Readers
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Two New York buyers examine Sullivan farm tobacco in about 1920, with grower John L. Sullivan at the left.
The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/category/history/page/20/)
Two New York buyers examine Sullivan farm tobacco in about 1920, with grower John L. Sullivan at the left.
Rev. George D. Reid, aged 70 years, a native of this place, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Denton S. Rhodes, in Hartford.
Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and lightly annotated by Wendy Taylor of Kent Memorial Library.
Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and lightly annotated by Wendy Taylor of Kent Memorial Library.
In 1918 during the First World War, the student body at what was briefly called Suffield, a Military School for Boys, engages in rifle drill.
Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and lightly annotated by Wendy Taylor of Kent Memorial Library.
This placid scene, pictured (mislabeled) ca.1920, shows the Remington Street bridge over Stony Brook, seen from Prospect Street before trees grew up to block the view.
This past May, my wife, Beth, and I had dinner with my cousin’s son, Presston in Brooklyn. At dinner, Presston shared his latest job adventures. For the past four years, he was one of the project managers for the new Statue of Liberty Museum. He was both excited and stressed about the project that was to officially open to the public later in the week. The following day, he would meet with reporters from the major papers like the New York Times and others as well, as setting up interviews for the major television networks.
Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and lightly annotated by Wendy Taylor of Kent Memorial Library.
Can anyone identify these five Boy Scouts of Troop 66? They’re pictured partway through their task installing a traffic safety sign near the southeast corner of the Center Green, probably in 1960.