The Manhattan society ice skating craze of 1915 seems to have hit Connecticut hard. This lovely leather skating costume was featured quite prominently on the fashion pages of the December 13 Bridgeport Evening Farmer...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Gail Hurley (860 704-2222) [email protected] Date: October 7, 2015 NEWS The Connecticut State Library Celebrates Its Contributions to Chronicling America’s 10 Million Pages Free, searchable database of...
On September 20, 1917, the Bridgeport Evening Farmer ran a special feature, reprinting in full the letters of resignation from the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association written by two of the state movement’s most prominent...
LCCN: sn82014086: Norwich Bulletin In 1910, the Norwich Bulletin advertised that it had the largest circulation of any paper in eastern Connecticut and that its readers could be found in “forty-nine towns, one hundred...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Gail Hurley (860 704-2222) [email protected] Date: August 12, 2015 Connecticut State Library Receives New Grant for Newspaper Digitization The Connecticut State Library is pleased to announce that it has received...
On July 14, 1914, the Norwich Bulletin reprinted a letter sent to all the members of the National Roque Association reminding them that the 32nd annual tournament, to be held, as always, in Norwich, Connecticut, ...
The images produced by the New Horizon’s flyby of Pluto can be considered as part the long history of popularizing astronomical knowledge with photographs. On November 30, 1920, the Norwich Bulletin reported on “The...
On September 30, 1916, the Bridgeport Evening Farmer reported that Mrs. Frank Yosemite, formerly Miss Edith Riggs of 200 Fox Street, had left “civilization” and moved with her Native American husband, Frank Yosemite, to...
Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project Digitizes Bridgeport Evening Farmer, 1910-1916