The Stamford Historical Society

PHOTO ARCHIVIST’S SELECTION OF THE MONTH: AUGUST 2000

“The Anderson Opera Company” c. 1890

"The Anderson Opera Company" ca. 1890

Circumstances and location of the photo are unknown.

The person on the left with the straw hat is Joel M. Anderson
he was a Civil War Veteran, Company D, 6th Connecticut Volunteers
he was the third oldest member of the Union Lodge when he died January 28, 1922 at age 88.

The photo came from the J.M. Anderson Co. Inc., Insurance, which he established in 1889
and located in the Washington Building on Bank Street.

Postscript 2006: Bands & Orchestras

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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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