Photographs: Shad Nets
Shad nets stored on wooden reels were once a familiar sight along the Connecticut River. This photograph, taken ca. 1885 near the Reuben Champion house at Ferry Point, recalls the days when “shadding”...
View ArticlePhotographs: The Great Hurricane of 1938
As Old Lyme works to recover from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, scenes from around town recall images like this photograph from the archives. Taken on September 22, 1938, the day after the category-3 “Great...
View ArticlePhotographs: Election Day, 1900
Election day in 1900 fell on Tuesday, November 6, and Old Lyme’s eligible voters cast their ballots at the town hall starting “at 9 o’clock in the forenoon.” Above the polling place a Republican...
View ArticlePhotographs: Sleighing in Lyme
In winters past when rivers froze and heavy snowfalls made roads impassable for carriages and wagons, sleighs provided transportation for Lyme’s wealthier residents. Local families used sleighs for...
View ArticlePhotographs: Civil Defense Training, Old Lyme, 1942
Civil defense efforts in Old Lyme during World War II included preparations for a possible enemy air raid. At the Town Hall volunteers and rescue vehicles responded to a hypothetical attack on March...
View ArticlePhotographs: Painted Gardens, Part 2—The Ludington Estate
The gardens that surrounded Old Lyme’s Meetinghouse for more than a century trace the changing needs, tastes, and financial circumstances of a prominent local family. A series of images taken in 1925...
View ArticlePhotographs: Setting the Holiday Table
by Carolyn Wakeman Featured image: Griswold House table set with Fitzhugh china Every holiday season when place settings with the green Fitzhugh pattern appear on the table in... The post...
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