Excursions to Osprey Beach, 1881-1885
On August 2, 1883, the Stafford Springs Press carried a news article extolling the pleasures of Osprey Beach. The summer resort was located on the west side of the mouth of the Thames...
Category: Popular Culture
A Working Families Guide to Savin Rock, Summer 1919
In an effort to deepen ties to New Haven business in the summer of 1919, the Connecticut Labor Press published ads and commentary on the recreational delights that Savin Rock might hold for their...
Connecticut Labor Protests Prohibition, June 1919
On June 15, 1919, Connecticut union officials and city delegations joined a mass protest at the U.S. Capitol to oppose the Eighteenth Amendment, which was ratified the previous January, and to reshape the Volstead...
Bad Girls or Good Girls? A Barnum Essay Contest Winner Defends the Modern Girl, 1922
There was likely no topic more hotly debated in the 1920s than the conduct of youth, and especially that of young women. According to the social and cultural historian Paula S. Fass, the traditionalist...
When the Temperature Hits 12 Degrees. . .
Arctic cold did not stop them. The 1920s were known as a decade of youth fads, including pole sitting and goldfish swallowing. Connecticut youth were not left behind. The Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project is...
Library War Service, 1917-1920
By Mary Margaret Mahoney The United States mobilized quickly after President Woodrow Wilson declared war on Germany on April 2, 1917. Troops travelled to the front with the help of massive mobilization efforts to...
St. Patrick’s Day in 19th Century New Haven
By Gail Hurley This past Saturday, I was in New Haven and had a chance to finally visit both an old and newer institution with friends and family. We had the best pizza at...
Coming Solar Eclipse Mirrors that in June 1918
By Jane Cullinane Excitement is mounting about the total solar eclipse that will pass over the United States this August on a path from Oregon to South Carolina. In Connecticut, although the eclipse will...
New Haven Encounters “La Moto Girl,” 1908
From March 16th to 18th in 1908, New Haven audiences were able to marvel at “La Moto Girl,” who appeared at the New Haven Theatre in an act anchored by Valadon, The...
“Celestial photographs, wonderful in detail and clearness were then thrown on the screen,” Norwich, CT, 1920
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...