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Illustration of a solar motor consisting of a concave mirror directing sun light at a boiler in order to make steam to pump water.

A Belated Earth Day Blog, 2019

Monster Solar Motor, 1901 On April 16, 1901, subscribers to the Waterbury Democrat read about a “monster solar motor” installed on an ostrich farm in Pasadena, California. The beast was reported capable of lifting...

Front page with photo of Governor Chester Bowles signing legislation ruling out bias in the National guard, Major General Reincke is looking over his shoulder.

In 1949, CT Made Civil Rights News

“ ‘Jim Crow’ was handed a dishonorable discharge from the Connecticut National Guard on March 16, 1949, when Governor Chester Bowles signed a bill outlawing segregation and discrimination on account of race, creed, or...

Connecticut Labor Press/News

LCCN:  sn92051282, The Connecticut Labor Press (New Haven, Conn.), 191?-1921 LCCN:  sn92051283, The Connecticut Labor News (New Haven, Conn.), 1921-1925   The masthead of the Connecticut Labor Press of 1920 declared the 3-cent weekly...

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