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Picturesque Stamford. p. 151

This photograph of the First National Bank was taken circa 1875. The bank was located on Atlantic Street next to Abraham Balcom's Photography Studio.

Collection of photos features the dam for the old tidal mill, as well as the old tidal gate and millstones at Holly Pond. Various views of the pond are captured in photographs in the first two rows. The three photos on the bottom row (left to right)…

This is a photograph is representative of the trolley system established by the city of Stamford in the 1930s. The Quintard Building and the First National Bank visible in the background of the image of a trolley car in Atlantic Square. 1936. Used as…

Description on back of picture: "Old fashioned garden of Mrs. Radcliffe Hudson as it looked in the ninties. It extended on either side of a central path more than a hundred feet from the rear of her home on Park Place. The house west of Davenport…

Looking north 1890's. Picturesque Stamford p.122.

Picturesque Stamford p. 176. Description on back of picture: "Stamford Baptist Church erected by the late Joseph B. Hoyt, in 1859-60. Negative at shop" See link below for more information: http://www.stamfordhistory.org/ps_baptistchurch.htm

Photograph of Webb's Tavern from Gillespie's "Picturesque Stamford," pg. 128. George Washington stopped at the tavern for breakfast on one of his travels. See link for more information. http://www.stamfordhistory.org/ps_civilwar.htm

Photo of Shady Side Steamboat taken from Gillespie's " Picturesque Stamford," pg. 205

Sketch depicting Putnam's escape from firing British during an attack at Horseneck Chapel, Greenwich, American Revolution