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Branford Census

1920people.pdf

Branford census records, abstracted with notes by Branford Town Historian Jane Bouley

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Branford High School Yearbooks

BranfordMilestone1937ocr.pdf

Searchable scans of the Milestone (missing 1933 and 1934) with additional years to be added

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Saturday Chronicle Newspaper Articles

SaturdayChronicle-Playgrounds-of-New-England-1917-aug-04-ocr.pdf

The Saturday Chronicle newspaper was published in New Haven in the early 1900's. We are very grateful to Ed Surato of the New Haven Museum for…

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Pictures of the Past - Branford Review articles

James Blackstone.pdf

Short essays entitled "Pictures of the Past" were published in the Branford Review from 1988 until 2003. Authored by Jane Peterson Bouley, they…

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Branford 1938 Hurricane - Newspaper Articles

1978-supplement-BranfordReview-Forty-Years-Ago-Today.pdf

A collection of articles on the 1938 hurricane in local newspapers from 1938 to 1988.

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Branford City Directories

1897 directory.pdf

Branford city directories were started in 1895, published by Price and Lee Company of New Haven until 1978 and afterwards by other companies. They…

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1910 Branford Carnival Photographs

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The James Blackstone Memorial Library has four albums of photographs taken during the Branford Carnivals of the early 20th century. The Branford…

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1909 Branford Carnival Photographs

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The James Blackstone Memorial Library has four albums of photographs taken during the Branford Carnivals of the early 20th century. The Branford…

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1906 Branford Carnival Photographs

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The James Blackstone Memorial Library has four albums of photographs taken during the Branford Carnivals of the early 20th century. The Branford…

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1905 Branford Carnival Photographs

1905-Carnival-Horseback-Riders.jpg

The James Blackstone Memorial Library has four albums of photographs taken during the Branford Carnivals of the early 20th century. The Branford…

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Blackstone Library Construction Photographs

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Library construction photographs taken between 1893 and 1896 by a variety of photographers. These photographs exist in physical form across several…

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Branford 1938 Hurricane Photographs - Short Beach and Branford Point

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Photographs of the 1938 hurricane from Short Beach, Stony Creek, Indian Neck and Pine Orchard. The identity of the photographers for most of the…

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