Historian's Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Hallowe’en, 1950s Style What do you remember about Halloween when you were a kid? The Boy remembers trick-or-treating on Kelsey Avenue with a bag full of candy in 1959:  The bag was made of brown … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

Autumn on Derby Avenue, 1913 - 1923 By Loretta BonTempo Forte Most of all, I remember the color of the trees in our yard on Derby Avenue, in October.  Our yard glowed with color, with the light shining through the leaves, the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Secrets of New Haven Green It’s a bit odd that there aren’t any ghost stories associated with New Haven Green—especially when you consider that beneath all of that grass lie over 5,000 of New Haven’s … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

The Armstrong Rubber Company Part IV Armstrong’s Personal Vignettes Photo courtesy of Joanne Archibald  When your Historian asked for personal accounts from those whom had worked at the Armstrong factory, it seems that … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Armstrong Rubber Company Part III  By 1950, James Walsh, Jr. was the manager of the West Haven Plant, one of three Armstrong facilities.  He had grown up across the street from the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Armstrong Rubber Company Part II See part 1  Walsh and Machlin had taken a very risky gamble in purchasing Armstrong Rubber just as the Great Depression hit bottom.  And yet the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

By Dan Carlin Voice Columnist The Armstrong Rubber Company (From 2009) Part I See part 2  The year was 1912.  Woodrow Wilson was elected president, the R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg and sank—and the Armstrong … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Life Before the Interstate Highway System  In Connecticut, most of Interstate 95 was opened for travel on January 2, 1958; on that same day, construction of Interstate 91 was just beginning.  … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner

By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Pfaff’s Family Market What brought them to America? For the Pilgrims, it was the search for a new home where they could practice their religion freely and without fear.  For some later generations … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner