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Old Flames
“My Own Dear Addie—” William Augur wrote on October 27, 1861, from the steamship Illinois, “I received your long, loving letter Thursday afternoon, the 24th and read it with great...
Old Flames
“My Own Dear Addie—” William Augur wrote on October 27, 1861, from the steamship Illinois, “I received your long, loving letter Thursday afternoon, the 24th and read it with great...
Smoke Signals
The air is spiced with smoke inside The Owl Shop on College Street, where patrons are puffing on their favorite cigars. It’s a vestige of an earlier New Haven, where...
Smoke Signals
The air is spiced with smoke inside The Owl Shop on College Street, where patrons are puffing on their favorite cigars. It’s a vestige of an earlier New Haven, where...
Accounts Received
The date was May 2, 1979, and Renée Hartman was telling her story. As a child in Bratislava, Slovakia, she had resisted wearing the Jewish star required by the Nazis....
Accounts Received
The date was May 2, 1979, and Renée Hartman was telling her story. As a child in Bratislava, Slovakia, she had resisted wearing the Jewish star required by the Nazis....
Twists and Turns
When you hear the satisfying pop of a cork this holiday season, you might think of 19th-century entrepreneur Philos Blake. A nephew of Eli Whitney, he’s the man New Haveners...
Twists and Turns
When you hear the satisfying pop of a cork this holiday season, you might think of 19th-century entrepreneur Philos Blake. A nephew of Eli Whitney, he’s the man New Haveners...
For the Moment
Before there was Thanksgiving, there were Thanksgivings—one-off days of Christian observance, potentially falling any time of year, that fortune had compelled communities to set aside for giving thanks to God....
For the Moment
Before there was Thanksgiving, there were Thanksgivings—one-off days of Christian observance, potentially falling any time of year, that fortune had compelled communities to set aside for giving thanks to God....
Bits and Pieces
One of the most valuable collections at the New Haven Museum’s Whitney Library isn’t a set of rare manuscripts or first editions. It’s a series of scrapbooks. They comprise the...
Bits and Pieces
One of the most valuable collections at the New Haven Museum’s Whitney Library isn’t a set of rare manuscripts or first editions. It’s a series of scrapbooks. They comprise the...