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The east side of Temple Street looking south from Grove Street. Now Yale's Timothy Dwight College is on this block.

Designed by architect Ithiel Town, this house at what was then 29 Elm Street was the home of Eli Whitney Jr. and his family. The Bullard Building occupied the site by the 1940's. Now an office building is on the site.

The effects of the September 21, 1938 hurricane and flood at 26 Hillhouse Avenue. This house at the corner of Hillhouse and Trumbull Streets was built about 1884 by Charles Henry Farnam. It was later bought by Henry S. Parmelee. Philip H. English was…

Built by Eli Ives in 1814 and later rebuilt by Dexter Alden between 1867 and 1886. Yale bought it after Mrs. Alden's death in 1912 and used it as a boarding house, then demolished it to build Timothy Dwight College about 1934.

On the northwest corner of Whitney Avenue and Edwards Street, this house was designed by Edward T. Hapgood. Originally it was the home of Reverend Williston Walker. Later, Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush lived here.

A view of the northeast corner of Church and Wall Streets. The Edward Salisbury house, designed by Ithiel Town and built about 1839, is visible in the right center. Several automobiles are parked along the street.

A view northward toward Lake Whitney from East Rock Park. Sleeping Giant, also known as Mount Carmel, is barely visible in the center background.

A view from West Rock Park. A dirt road and several buildings are visible in the background.

A parade float pulled by horses. The float depicts a round submarine gun turret emerging from the ocean. Nearby a rider in costume carries a sign that that reads "Monitor."

A parade float pulled by horses depicts a ship on the ocean. Skeletons are attached to the ship's sails, and a British flag projects from the ship's stern.