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PHOTO ARCHIVIST’S SELECTION OF THE MONTH: MARCH 2004

Horse Carriages

Before the invention of the automobile, other than walking, one needed the horse carriage to get around.
Below is a selection from our archives.

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Downtown Street Scenes

On Atlantic Square c. 1879. The First National Bank Building, opposite the Town Hall, was completed in 1873. It was the first masonry structure to front on Atlantic Square south of Canal Street. At left is Adrian Nesbitt's (later Abram Balcom's) Photograph Gallery, and the H. Foster Hardware Store.	Central Park and East Main Street, as seen from Atlantic Square. Taken after 1889, when the Stamford Street Railroad had become electrified. An earlier view, c. 1892
Main Street, July 1907. Two ladies in their carriage admire the finery in Siegelbaum's window. The Siegelbaum Store was built between the Minor Blocks in 1904.

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Going About One's Business

Shown in the carriage is Tobias Bernhard (right), owner of the Dry Good & Millinery Store on Seely's Block at 123 Main Street, c. 1876. The other person in the carriage is unidentified. Picturesque Stamford writes the following of Mr. Bernhard: “TOBIAS BERNHARD established the millinery and fancy goods business, which he now conducts, in Miller's (then Seely's) Block, in 1876. For four years previously, he had conducted stores in Danbury, Waterbury, and Bridgeport. He has large real estate interests in town, and helped organize the Board of Trade, of which he is an active director. His store is 25x80 feet”. More about Tobias Bernhard can be found in the book  An American Jewish Community in our Research Library, 325.3 K.
Tobias Bernhard c. 1892 Picturesque Stamford, p. 279	Miller's Block c. 1892 Formerly Seely's Block, later “300 Block”. Picturesque Stamford, p. 290
Dr. Francis J. Rogers, Physician & Druggist Dr. Rogers was as member of the Common Council, served eleven years on the Board of School Visitors and was the Town Health Official for five years. He was a Republican delegate in the convention which nominated Grover Cleveland as President. He was born in Carlisle, Ohio June 19, 1849, came to Stamford in 1887, and died there January 27, 1909. Dr. Rogers co-owned the “Little Store around the Corner” with Wilbur E. Lewis on Atlantic Street above Park Row.	In front of his home, corner of Cottage & Atlantic Streets, ca. 1900.
Springdale Ice Company wagon, unknown date.

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A Family Carriage

Dr. I. Franklin Wardwell and his family in their horse carriage in front of 538 Elm Street, 1900. For more on the Wardwell Family go to: Photo Archivist's Selection of the Month: June 2003 For more on their homes: Photo Archivist's Selection of the Month: January 2003

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Selections 2000

Month	Title
June 2000	Strand Theatre on Upper Atlantic Street, ca. 1933
July 2000	Union House Hotel, ca. 1870
August 2000	“The Anderson Opera Company,” ca. 1890
September 2000	Dr. Francis J. Rogers, Physicians & Druggist
October 2000	Election 1936: Alfred Noroton Phillips Jr., Wilbur Lucius ”Uncle Toby” Cross
November 2000	Bicycle patrol in Stamford, then and now
December 2000	The railroad

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Selections 2001

Month	Title
January 2001	First National Bank
February 2001	Stamford's First Oldsmobile and the Mechaley Brothers
March 2001	The Blizzard of 1888
April 2001	Stamford Street Railroad Co.
May 2001	Dr. Jacob Nemoitin (1880-1963), Stamford's healer & humanitarian, painter & poet
Summer 2001	The Old Town Hall and the 1904 Fire
October 2001	Stamford Post Offices
November 2001	Postcards from another age
December 2001	Images from Guide to Nature Magazine, June 1910

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Selections 2002

Month	Title
January 2002	The E.B. Hoit Company. Grand Central Market in 1913
February 2002	The C.O. Miller Company. Department Store
April 2002	The Hoyt Family Meeting 1866
May 2002	Memorial Day Parade 1919
August 2002	The Children's Home on Hamilton Avenue
September 2002	Public Works Department 1914. Building Roads with the Rock Crusher
October 2002	The Hurricane of '38 and the Floods of '54 an '55
November 2002	Linden Lodge
December 2002	The Maziarek Woodworking Shop

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Selections 2003

Month	Title
January 2003	The Wardwell Homes on Elm Street
February 2003	The Old Town Hall II
March 2003	The Portable Typewriter and its Uses, 1913
June 2003	Wardwell Family Photos

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Selections 2004

Month	Title
March 2004	Horse Carriages
May 2004	A Woodland Home Made of Packing Boxes
July 2004	Postcards: Fun at the Beach (Shippan Point)
September 2004	One-Room Schoolhouses in Stamford
November 2004	Hoyt Getman & Judd and The St. John Wood-Working Company

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Selections 2005

Month	Title
January 2005	Ice Harvesting - The Diamond Ice Company
February 2005	Presidents, Past Presidents, Would-be Presidents in Stamford
March 2005	Burleigh Park: The Phillips Estate, c. 1900
May 2005	Dr. Givens' Sanitarium, Stamford Hall
June 2005	Portrait Postcards, Early 20th Century
July 2005	July 4th Celebrations in Stamford
October 2005	Football in Stamford, 1890 to 1942 / Michael Boyle
November 2005	A Veterans Day Special: Soldiers Monument, St. John's Park
December 2005	The Circus Comes to Town, and more…

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Selections 2006

Month	Title
January 2006	Women's Fashions
February 2006	Grocery & Variety Stores
April 2006	Rezo Waters, Basket Weaver
June 2006	Bands & Orchestras
September 2006	Yachting in Stamford
October 2006	Lockwood and Palmer Department Store
November 2006	The DiPreta Family: Seven Sons in WWII

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Selections 2007

Month	Title
May 2007	The League of Women Voters and Harold I June, June 26, 1930
June 2007	Brownstones on Bell Street
July 2007	The Nature Studies and Recreations of a Business Man

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Selections 2008

Month	Title
January 2008	Ladybird Johnson Opens Kiwanis Park, May 16, 1968
February 2008	From Our Postcard Collection: Bridges
April 2008	Baseball in Stamford
May 2008	The C.O. Miller Department Store at 15 Bank Street
June 2008	From Plates, Puddings and Pies to Plants (Gardening in North Stamford 1916)

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