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City Year Books archived at the NHFPL

Record Books

The beginning of a new school year has us thinking about old yearbooks. Turns out New Haven is the birthplace of the college yearbook in America. The still-going Yale Banner...

Record Books

The beginning of a new school year has us thinking about old yearbooks. Turns out New Haven is the birthplace of the college yearbook in America. The still-going Yale Banner...

Shia Labeouf and Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Starring: Elm City

Grab some popcorn for this decuple-feature, originally published on July 25, 2012. New Haven’s had an impressive Hollywood career, as suggested by these ten movies spanning over half a century....

Starring: Elm City

Grab some popcorn for this decuple-feature, originally published on July 25, 2012. New Haven’s had an impressive Hollywood career, as suggested by these ten movies spanning over half a century....

Inside Gillette Castle

Cracking the Castle

Easily overlooked East Haddam is nice to look at, and it’s not that far away. The drive up I-91 North and over 66 East runs about 40 miles and under...

Cracking the Castle

Easily overlooked East Haddam is nice to look at, and it’s not that far away. The drive up I-91 North and over 66 East runs about 40 miles and under...

James Hillhouse High School

City on a Hillhouse

“Jemmy,” we hardly know ye. Though he’s one of New Haven history’s most illustrious citizens, James Hillhouse (Oct. 20, 1754 – Dec. 29, 1832) is a bit of a mystery....

City on a Hillhouse

“Jemmy,” we hardly know ye. Though he’s one of New Haven history’s most illustrious citizens, James Hillhouse (Oct. 20, 1754 – Dec. 29, 1832) is a bit of a mystery....

Sally’s Apizza exterior

Slices of History

There aren’t many restaurants in New Haven that can look back on more than 75 years of doing business, but Sally’s Apizza, located at 237 Wooster Street in the heart...

Slices of History

There aren’t many restaurants in New Haven that can look back on more than 75 years of doing business, but Sally’s Apizza, located at 237 Wooster Street in the heart...

Ellen M. Gifford Ward for the Incurables at New Haven Hospital circa 1905

Cough Medicine

“Consumption.” If you wanted to strike fear into the heart of the average New Havener circa 1870, you need only have uttered the word. The disease took the lives of...

Cough Medicine

“Consumption.” If you wanted to strike fear into the heart of the average New Havener circa 1870, you need only have uttered the word. The disease took the lives of...