Photographs
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Photographs
Description
Located in the Local History Room, the New Haven Public Library's photograph collection contains black and white photographs ranging in date from the late 1800's to early 1960's. The photos mostly depict street scenes, buildings, and parks.
Click on the link below to see all of the scanned photos in this collection.
Click on the link below to see all of the scanned photos in this collection.
Collection Items
Franklin Elm, Old Town Post, and Pump, New Haven, Connecticut
The corner of Church and Chapel Streets, showing three landmarks of the Green. The Franklin Elm, said to have been planted on the day of Benjamin Franklin's death in 1790, was removed in 1904.
Corner of Dixwell Avenue, Broadway and Goffe, New Haven, Connecticut
Dixwell Avenue at the intersection of Broadway and Goffe Streets. A large Coca-Cola sign is visible on the left, and several cars are visible on the street.
Digging the Foundation of the New Haven Free Public Library, New Haven, Connecticut
Men digging the foundation of the Ives Building. Four horses are hitched to a wagon in the center of the photo. In the background, several houses are visible on Temple Street.
Center Church on the Green, New Haven, Connecticut
An elevated view of Center Church on the New Haven Green. Yale's Harkness Tower is visible in the right background.
New Haven Free Public Library and the New Haven County Courthouse, New Haven, Connecticut
An elevated view of the New Haven Free Public Library and the New Haven County Courthouse. Cars are parked along both sides of Elm Street. A streetcar is visible in the center of the street.
Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut
Handwritten on reverse: "Hillhouse Ave. north of RR bridge."
Trinity Church on the Green, New Haven, Connecticut
Trinity Church on the New Haven Green, Designed by Ithiel Town and completed in 1816.
Temple Street Looking South from Grove Street, New Haven, Connecticut
The intersection of Temple and Grove Streets, looking toward Elm Street. The first house on the right is the Noah Webster House, built about 1823 and removed to Michigan around 1936 by Henry Ford.
Courthouse on the Green, New Haven, Connecticut
A snow-covered New Haven Green, with the old State House (also used as a Courthouse) visible in the left center. The State House, designed by Ithiel Town and erected in 1831, was razed in 1889.