Plumbing/home furnishing store on Atlantic Street. Photo taken 1890-early 1900s. Description: "... we see the successors to Haight and Holmes, Louis S. Begent and Albert Lynch. Louis S. Begent, standing at center served as Stamford's Postmaster from…
The Rippowam River was at flood stage when this picture was taken in the Spring of 1880 of the wood trussed bridge on broad street. twonspeople termed the span a "horse bridge--well railed" for obvious reasons. This bridge was replaced in 1884 by the…
Two weeks of intermittent rainfall was climaxed by a heavy downpour on Tuesday, July 30, 1889 which choked up sewer inlets and flooded many sections of the town. The Mill River rose to within ten inches of the plank bridge on Broad Street.
From text on back of photo: Now the Location of the Burley Building Main and Atlantic Street Long a favorite of Stamford Residents, the annual visit of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and Congress of Rough Rider of the World" to this city was…