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Dairy farming -- Connecticut

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Advertising envelope for Arethusa Farms et al.

00-2012-17-0

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 00-2012-17-0
Scope and Contents

Advertising Envelope (2012-17-0) featuring advertisements from nine local businesses in and around Litchfield, including Arethusa Farms, Litchfield Savings Bank, Towne & Aurell Excavating, Nino Casadei Plumbing & Heating, Anderson's Rug Mart, Morgan's Photo & Gift Shop, Arlo E. Ericson Agency, Meeker Electric co. Inc., Wyant & Co., Inc.

Dates: Created: undated; Other: Date acquired: 12/04/2011

Breeding card for jersey bull

00-2011-45-0

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 00-2011-45-0
Scope and Contents

This Breeding Care for Jersey Bull (2011-45-0) advertises "Lord St. Vincent" a prize winning bull from F. Ratchford Starr's Echo Farm in Litchfield, Connecticut.

Dates: Created: c. 1880; Other: Date acquired: 01/04/2011

Thompson Family Papers

1929-01-0

 Collection — Box 1-7
Identifier: 1929-01-0
Scope and Contents The personal papersof the Thompson family (1929-01-0, 3 linear feet) consists of correspondence, notes, personal manuscripts and newspaper publications of various writings of Esther H. Thompson on various topics pertaining to the history of Litchfield, including her childhood recollections of troops mustering for the Civil War on the town green. Also included is information on botany and other topics relating to the Village Improvement Society. Additionally, the collection contains personal...
Dates: 1786-1929; Majority of material found within 1802-1929

Webster Family Papers

2017-11-0

 Fonds
Identifier: 2017-11-0
Scope and Contents The Webster family papers include Arethusa Farm records, ledgers, calendars, and postcards; documentation of a 1952 transcontinental trip to Alaska; and Litchfield photos and ephemera. Most of the family papers are from the 1870s through the 1920s.In 1868, Charles Baldwin Webster (1822-1912) Charles purchased a farm in Litchfield, CT, that he and his wife Lucinda Baldwin (1830-1871) named Arethusa, which remained in the Webster family until it was sold in 1981.The...
Dates: 1867-1998