Landmarks: Old Lyme Inns in the Mid-20th Century
Landmarks: Old Lyme Inns in the Mid-20th Century [...]
Exhibition Note: Fresh Fields–New Light on Familiar Settings
Exhibition Note: Fresh Fields–New Light on Familiar Settings [...]
Exhibition Note: Old Lyme’s Early Immigrants
Exhibition Note: Old Lyme’s Early Immigrants by Carolyn [...]
Fire in February: A Tragic Story Evolves
Letters: Fire in February: A Tragic Story Evolves [...]
Exhibition Note: Viewing the River
Exhibition Note: Viewing the River by Carolyn Wakeman [...]
Photographs: Setting the Holiday Table
Photographs: Setting the Holiday Table by Carolyn Wakeman [...]
Profiles: Daphne Ely (1891-1981)
Daphne Ely was a resident of Lyme and active community member, but before settling down in the town where her ancestors had settled, Daphne lived in Hartford and documented her life from 1911-1914 in her scrapbook. She was also an avid collector of newspaper clippings, local advertisements, and invitations to social events, and her scrapbook details four years in the life of a Hartford socialite in the early 20th century.
Landmarks: The Disappearance of a Lyme Street House
Carolyn Wakeman Featured Photo: Joseph Perkins house, ca. 1890, showing apple [...]
Photographs: 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 campaign banner declared: “Our Candidates McKinley & Roosevelt.”
