Monthly Archives: April 2013

Route 8 Interchange, Waterbury

Route 8/84 Interchange, Waterbury

Shockingly, this card wasn’t mailed

Hotel Hartford

Hotel Hartford

Depending on the corner, the hotel site is either the Civic/XL center or a parking lot. Postmarked in 1948, mailed to Madison, Maine

St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield

St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield

Hartford diocese offices and a nifty conference center

Judson House, Stratford

Judson House, Stratford

First Congregational Church, Guilford

First Congregational Church, Guilford

First Congregational Church, Guilford. Dedicated in 1830.

Washington Oak, Gaylordsville

Washington Oak, Gaylordsville

An oak tree in New Milford, believed to have been the site of a staff meeting by George Washington during the American Revolution. The tree died in 2003.

Soldiers’ Monument, Seymour

Soldiers' Monument, Seymour

Postmarked in 1906, and mailed to a recipient in Bridgeport. Who should’ve written.

Camelot Motor Inn, Wethersfield

Camelot Motor Inn, Wethersfield

Reception building has been replaced by a Red Lobster, but the motel building survives as a Comfort Inn. Postcard wasn’t mailed, but bears a notation reading “1st night, Sept 20 1975.” Note doesn’t specify other highlights from that Saturday night, or what “first” may refer to.


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UConn Campus, Storrs

Former UConn football stadium

Postcard mailed in 1965 to Pittsfield, Massachusetts

UConn North Campus

Straight parking was rare

 

 

 

 

East Rock Park Summit, New Haven

East Rock Park Summit, just in front of the large Civil War monument. The cannon and small building have been removed.