Vintage Connecticut 1900-1950

Connecticut is my home state. This is a collection of vintage postcards of places and buildings in and around Hartford. Many of these locales have associations with my youth or with family history. Enjoy this walk through the past!

Portland CT 1909 - Home to the Curtin Family Portland Bridges ca 1900 Portland Bridge 1936 Middletown, Garden Rest. 1950 Conn. State Capitol 1909 Hartford, Bushnell Park 1908 Memorial Arch & Capitol 1900 Hotel Bond, Hartford, 1930 Hotel Bond Lobby 1940s Hartford High, early 1900s Hartford Public Library 1957 Old State House & Isle of Safety 1950 Isle of Safety - Now an exhibit at the Ct. Trolley Museum Hartford, Mark Twain House 1940s - As a child, I played in this house. Cupid Fountain, Elizabeth Park 1909 - demolished 1950s. Rose Arch Elizabeth Park 1911 - one of my childhood playgrounds Eliabeth Pond in Elizabeth Park1900 - Where we went ice skating as kids. St Francis Hospital 1914 - Where I (and most of the family) was born. Hartford, Trinity College, 1908 Wadsworth Atheneum, 1909 - G. Fox & Co. 1906 West Hartford Reservoir 1903 West Hartford Center 1949 - My home town.