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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...

NHPD Sergeant John Driscoll circa 1892

New Haven‘s Finest

“The oldest active sergeant… Unquestionable integrity, loyalty to his duty… earned the utmost respect of every member of the department… Law abiding citizens respect and honor this man, lawbreakers fear...

New Haven‘s Finest

“The oldest active sergeant… Unquestionable integrity, loyalty to his duty… earned the utmost respect of every member of the department… Law abiding citizens respect and honor this man, lawbreakers fear...

Benedict Arnold

End of Story

Resolved, That the board of war be and hereby are directed to erase from the register of the names of the officers of the army of the United States the...

End of Story

Resolved, That the board of war be and hereby are directed to erase from the register of the names of the officers of the army of the United States the...

Forbes Avenue

Ways and Meanings

As we learned during our last look at the meanings behind New Haven’s street names, assumptions can get you into trouble. The same even goes for Assumption Street, a tiny,...

Ways and Meanings

As we learned during our last look at the meanings behind New Haven’s street names, assumptions can get you into trouble. The same even goes for Assumption Street, a tiny,...

Benedict Arnold and George Washington

Coming Undone

When we last withdrew from the saga of New Havener Benedict Arnold, it was early in the morning on September 22, 1780. Arnold was meeting, face-to-face for the first time,...

Coming Undone

When we last withdrew from the saga of New Havener Benedict Arnold, it was early in the morning on September 22, 1780. Arnold was meeting, face-to-face for the first time,...

George St, Chapel St, Orange St, Humphrey St, Hillhouse Ave

Memory Lanes

What’s in a name? Let’s take it to the streets. Carved out of the land in 1638, George Street was New Haven’s very first road, but it wasn’t called George...

Memory Lanes

What’s in a name? Let’s take it to the streets. Carved out of the land in 1638, George Street was New Haven’s very first road, but it wasn’t called George...