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Box 6

 Container

Contains 10 Results:

Litchfield - Views looking west

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Aerial and overall views of Litchfield, Connecticut.

Dates: 1840-2000

Litchfield - Aerial views

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Aerial and overall views of Litchfield, Connecticut.

Dates: 1840-2000

Litchfield Green - Sleigh rides

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Photographs of horses and sleighs full of people on the Litchfield Green in the winter. In the background are buildings on the north side of East Street including the United States Hotel and adjacent buildings.

Dates: 1840-2000

Litchfield Green - East Park - Memorial oak trees

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of the Memorial oak trees in East Park including Colvocoresses Oak; Constitution Oak; McKinley Oak; and Revolutionary Soldiers' Oak.

Dates: 1840-2000

Lenox Hill Road #83

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Three early photographs of the Island House or Island Hotel on Bantam Lake. Property and buildings were purchased by White Memorial Foundation. Later known as Sheltering Arms, Camp Lenox Hill, and Camp Hope (as of 2012). Also two photographs of sailboats on the Lake that are captioned on the back "at Sheltering Arms."

Dates: 1840-2000

Litchfield Green

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Views of the Litchfield Green. Photographs included one taken before the 1886 fire, looking south at the corner of West and South Streets with buildings and the town pump; an engraving of the 1851 centennial celebration; two winter scenes looking northwest with the jail and firehouse visible and a a horse team and wagon; and the Green by moonlight taken by F.W. Peck. An undated 8' x 10" photo of plastic flamingoes on the Green.

Dates: 1840-2000

Litchfield Green - East Park

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the east section of the Litchfield Green. Included are a view looking southwest across east park taken before the fire of 1886, with the buildings (Mansion house, courthouse, etc.) on West & South Streets. Another view before the Beckwith block on South Street was built, is looking southwest and includes the Phelps building when it was 3 stories; the Ebenezer Marsh house, now gone, on the corner of East & South Streets (Litchfield HIstory Museum #7 South Street).

Dates: 1840-2000

Litchfield Green - West Park

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Two photographs of the west section of the Litchfield Green. One is looking southeast and includes buildings on the south side of the business section of West Street; and the other is looking west down the West St. hill.

Dates: 1840-2000

Litchfield Green looking north

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Photographs looking north across the Green to North Street. Includes buildings on the north side of East Street. Photographers include N.D. Benedict (1892), Litchfield, Conn.; and K.T. Sheldon, West Winsted, Conn. Some include horses and wagons.

Dates: 1840-2000