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Museum Shop To inquire about current availability, please click here. Orders may be placed by calling 860-236-5621, ext. 246, or by writing to the following address: The Connecticut Historical Society Prices quoted below are retail prices, subject to change. Always call to confirm pricing and availability. Members of the CHS receive a 20% discount unless otherwise noted. Notice of shipping charge rate increase. As of January 4, 2006, shipping charges (for all items EXCEPT for prints and Connecticut Valley Furniture) within the United States will be $6.50 for the first item to an address and $1.50 per item (to the same address) thereafter. Items are shipped UPS (USPS to P.O. Boxes). For shipment outside the United States, charges will be determined at time of shipment. NEW ARRIVAL
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Take home a piece of history with wonderful reproductions of original photographs from our museum collections. These 8" x 10" prints are available matted for $50 (size including mat 12.5" x 14.5"). All prints and mats are archival quality. Shipping (UPS 3 Day Ground) and handling is $10.00 per item. Prices subject to change. Please call for pricing and availability. These photographs may not be reproduced without written permission. 
Elizabeth Park Rose Garden, ca. 1900 Founded in 1894 on land donated by Charles M. Pond, in memory of his wife Elizabeth, the Elizabeth Park Rose Garden is the oldest municipal rose garden in the United States. The park straddles the boundary between Hartford and West Hartford and was designed by Theodore Wirth, superintendent of Hartford’s parks. Old State House Square, Hartford, ca. 1920s Two Hartford icons, the Old State House and Travelers Tower, appear in this view of the city center in the 1920s. The Old State House was erected in 1796 and served as the Connecticut State Capitol until the present Capitol building was completed in 1878. The tower of Travelers Insurance Company was erected in 1919 and the large brick Hartford-Connecticut Trust Building was erected in 1920. 
Runaway Locomotive Going through the Wall of the
Hartford Roundhouse, July 8, 1905 In a freak accident on Saturday, July 8, 1905, a locomotive crashed through the wall of the Hartford roundhouse, which was located on the site of the present State Armory. At the turn of the 20th century, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad provided frequent and convenient train service from Hartford’s Union Station. 
Soldiers and Sailors Arch and Connecticut State Capitol
in the Summer, ca. 1890 The Connecticut State Capitol, completed in 1878 to the designs of Richard M. Upjohn, provides a dramatic backdrop for Bushnell Park, established in 1854 and the oldest municipal park in the United States. The brownstone Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch was erected in 1885 as monument to those who served and died in the Civil War. 
Baseball Game at Bulkeley Stadium, Hartford, ca. 1940s Hartford’s Bulkeley Stadium, which opened in 1921, was home to professional and semi-professional baseball teams such as the Hartford Chiefs and the Savitt Gems. The stadium, which occupied the site between Franklin Avenue, Hamner, and George Streets, was torn down in 1960. A memorial plaque marks the site today. 
Boys Playing on North Street, Hartford, ca. 1910 The game of “peggy” was popular with Hartford children in the early 20th-century. This photograph showing children playing “peggy” in the street was taken to emphasize the need for adequate playgrounds. The fence of the Social Settlement Playground appears in the background. 
Children with Sleds, Hartford, ca. 1920 Seven Hartford children enjoy a fresh snowfall in this photograph from the early 20th century. In the background laundry hangs on the clothesline of a triple-decker, typical of the multiple-family housing of the period. 
Interior of Otto Henning’s Café, Temple Street, Hartford, 1905 Otto Henning’s Café was located in the neighborhood below Front Street which was home to a vibrant mix of immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The area was gutted in the interest of urban renewal in the late 1950s, to make way for Constitution Plaza. RECENT ARRIVALS
Voices of the New Republic: Connecticut Towns 1800-1832 Vol. 1: What They Said. Edited by Christopher P. Bickford. The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003. 493 p., hardcover, index. $31.95 Voices of the New Republic: Connecticut Towns 1800-1832 Vol. 2: What We Think. Edited by Howard R. Lamar. The Connecticut Acadmey of Arts and Sciences, 2003. 338 p., hardcover, index. $31.95 The Art of Knitting. Piper Publishing, 2003. Facsimile Reproduction of the Original (1892) Edition from The Butterick Publishing Co. [limited], London and New York. 160 p., softcover, ill. $26.00 The Hand-Book of Needlework, Decorative and Ornamental, Including Crochet, Knitting, and Netting. By Miss Lambert. Piper Publishing, 2003. Reprint of 1846 book published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London. 494 p., hardcover, b/w ill, index. $39.95 Thoughts on Men’s Shirts in American 1750-1900. By William L. Brown III with pattern drawings by Andrew Chamberlain. Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 1999. 128 p., softcover, b/w ill. $20.00 Tidings From the 18th Century. By Beth Gilgun. Texarkana, TX: Scurlock Publishing Co., 1993, 2001 printing. 277 p., softcover, ill. Colonial American How-To and Living History. $30.95 The Workwoman’s Guide, Containing Instructions to the Inexperienced in Cutting Out and Completing those Articles of Wearing Apparel, &c., Which Are Usually Made at Home; Also, Explanations on Upholstery, Straw-platting, Bonnet-making, Knitting, &c. By A Lady. Piper Publishing, 2003. Reprint of 1838 book published by Simkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationer’s Hall Court (London): Tomas Evans, Colmore Row, Birmingham. 303 p., softcover, b/w ill., index. $29.95 Exhibition Catalogs
Bulletin Dress for All Occasions: Women's Costumes from the 1880s and 1890s. By Pamela Cartledge. Hartford: CHS, 1987. 40 p., softcover, ill. $6.00 Drums A'beating, Trumpets Sounding: Artistically Carved Powder Horns in the Provincial Manner, 1746-1781. By William Guthman. Hartford: CHS, 1993. 232 p., hardcover, b/w & color ill., index. $75.00 A Durable Memento: Portraits by Augustus Washington, African American Daguerreotypist. By Ann M. Shumard. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1999. 24 p., softcover, b/w & color ill. $5.00 From Pencil to Palette Landscapes by George Edward Candee (1837-1907). By Elizabeth Pratt Fox and Lisa Broberg Quintana. New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1992. 16 p., softcover, ill. $4.95
“An Annotated Guide to Sources for the Study of African American History in the Museum and Library of The Connecticut Historical Society” published as The Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, Special Series, No. 1. 251 p., softcover, b/w ill., indices. [NO DISCOUNT] $10.00 Bulletin The Collections John Warner Barber’s Views of Connecticut Towns, 1834-36. Edited by Christopher P. Bickford and J. Bard McNulty. Hartford: The Acorn Club and CHS, 1990. 123 p., hardcover, ill. $22.00 Journal Kept By William Williams of the Proceedings of the Lower House of the Connecticut General Assembly May 1757 Session. Edited with an introduction by Sylvie J. Turner from the orginal manuscript at The Connecticut Historical Society. Hartford: CHS, 1975. 67 p., softcover, ill. $7.50 Yankee Dreamers and Doers. By Ellsworth S. Grant. Hartford: CHS & Fenwick Productions, 1996. Second ed. Hardcover, ill. $29.95 Biography and Genealogy
By Their Markers Ye Shall Know Them: A Chronicle of the History and Restorations of Hartford’s Ancient Burying Ground. Text by William Hosley. Introduction, synopsis, epitaphs and map by Shepherd M. Holcomb, Sr. Hartford: The Ancient Burying Ground Association, Inc., 1994. 173 p., ill., foldout map, epitaphs, appendices, index. $18.75(hardcover); $15.00 (softcover) The Correspondence of Captain Nathan and Lois Peters: April 25, 1775 to February 5, 1777. Edited with an introduction by William H. Guthman. Hartford: CHS, 1980. 53 p., softcover, ill. $6.50 Jonathan Trumbull: Connecticut's Merchant Magistrate (1710-1785). By Glenn Weaver. Hartford: CHS, 1956. 182 p., hardcover, ill. $6.50 Attention Collectors!
Connecticut Pewter and Pewterers. By John Carl Thomas. Hartford: CHS, 1976. 194 p., hardcover, ill., index. $45.00 The Contributions of Joseph Ives to Connecticut Clock Technology 1810-1862. By Kenneth D. Roberts. Fitzwilliam, NH: Ken Roberts Publishing, 1988. 388 p., hardcover, ill., index. $50.00 Wooden Planes in 19th Century America, volume II: Planemaking by the Chapins at Union Factory, 1826-1929. By Kenneth D. Roberts. Fitzwilliam, NH: Ken Roberts Publishing, 1983. 452 p., hardcover, ill., index. $50.00 African Folk Tales. By Hugh Vernon Jackson. Illustrated by Yuko Green. Mineola, NY: Dover, 1999. 60 p., softcover, b/w illus. $1.00 North American Indian Tales By W. T. Larned. Illustrated by John Green. Mineola, NY: Dover, 1997. 92 p., softcover, b/w illus. $1.50 The Story of the Amistad. By Emma Gelders Sterne. Mineola, NY: Dover, 2001. 113 p., softcover. $2.00 West Indian Folk Tales. Retold by Philip Sherlock. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966. 151 p., softcover, b/w illus. $12.95
Lincoln Assassination Flag Note Cube. A 3 1/2 inch cube with the full-color image of the Lincoln Flag on three sides and the CHS logo on the back. $12.00 Lincoln Assassination Flag T-shirt. Full-color image of Lincoln flag on front. Available in adult sizes Medium, Large, and XLarge. $16.00 Other Items
Black Yankees: The Development of an Afro-American Subculture in Eighteenth Century New England. By William D. Pierson. University of Massachusetts Press, 1988. 237 p., softcover, index. $17.95 Civil War. New York: Workman Publishing. A "Fandex" field guide to battles, generals, causes, and outcomes of the Civil War. 50 die-cut cards, ill. $9.95. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. By Harriet Beecher Stowe. Introduction by Alfred Kazin. New York: Bantam, 1981. 446 p., softcover, bibliography. $5.95
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Anson Dickinson: The Celebrated Miniature Painter, 1779-1852.
By Mona L. Dearborn. Hartford: CHS, 1983. 224 p., softcover, 15
color plates, 104 b/w plates, index. $7.95 
Lions & Eagles & Bulls: Early American Tavern & Inn Signs from The Connecticut Historical Society. Edited by Susan P. Schoelwer. Published in association with Princeton University Press, 2000. 278 p., 82 color plates, 95 halftones, index.
$29.50 (softcover);
$55.00 (hardcover)