Monthly Archives: April 2014

Wildermere Beach Congregational Church

Wildermere Beach Congregational Church

Wildermere Beach Congregational Church

Former Barnum School, Bridgeport

Former Barnum School, Bridgeport

Opened in 1892 as Barnum School, now the Achievement First Bridgeport Academy

Congress Street Bridge, Bridgeport

Congress Street Bridge, Bridgeport

Opened in 1911, closed to traffic in 1997 and demolished in 2010.

Mercy Center, Madison

Mercy Center, Madison

Mailed in 1958 to Hartford

Waverly Inn, Cheshire

Waverly Inn, Cheshire

Candlewood Lake

Candlewood Lake

The reference to “Lake Danbury” reflects an early proposed name for the artificial lake, which opened in 1929. Mailed in 1929 to Middletown, New York. Don’t stand in the boat.

Bushnell Park Lagoon, Hartford

Bushnell Park Lagoon, Hartford

A section of the Park River, which ran through downtown Hartford until it was diverted underground in the early 1940s. The gentleman in the lower left corner demonstrates the lack of a clone tool in the 1960s.

St. Joseph Cathedral, Hartford

St. Joseph Cathedral, Hartford

This building opened in 1892 and was destroyed in a 1956 fire.

Napier Company, Meriden

Napier Company, Meriden

A jewelry manufacturer that closed its Meriden plant in 1999. Card was mailed in 1960 to Palestine, Texas.

Napier plant in 2011

 

 

 

Union Station, New Haven

Union Station, New Haven

Not dated. Not sure if this is the current station or not.