Items

• Pictures of the Past: Shipwrecks
  Shipwrecks a continuing saga locally
• Pictures of the Past: Sheldon House #2
  Sheldon House: the jewel of the summer hotel era
• Pictures of the Past: Sheldon House #1
  Sheldon House in Pine Orchard
• Pictures of the Past: Scandinavians #2
  Scandinavians immigrate to Branford
• Pictures of the Past: Scandinavians #1
  Scandinavians
• Pictures of the Past: Gurdon Saltonstall
  Former Connecticut governor subject of colorful local lore
• Pictures of the Past: Saltonstall Mansion #2
  The 'Great Lake' that was home to a governor
• Pictures of the Past: Saltonstall Mansion #1
  Saltonstall Mansion
• Pictures of the Past: Rural postal delivery
  Rural free delivery marks 101st in Branford
• Pictures of the Past: Rogers Island
  Rogers Island bears original grantee's name
• Pictures of the Past: Michael P. Rice
  Rice was town's first non-Yankee selectman
• Pictures of the Past: Railroad
  Railroad changes character of rural farming community
• Pictures of the Past: Post Road
  Post road connected major cities
• Pictures of the Past: Post Office
  Original post office now a restaurant
• Pictures of the Past: Polly's Tea Room
  Polly's delighted many with homestyle hearth
• Pictures of the Past: Pine Orchard parade
  Fourth of July always eventful in Branford
• Pictures of the Past: Observation Tower
  Old lookout tower used during WWII
• Pictures of the Past: Newspaper articles
  News articles now seem humorous
• Pictures of the Past: Native Origins
  Branford's origins reflects Indian roots
• Pictures of the Past: Mill Plain School #2
  The oldest existing school in Branford still stands
• Pictures of the Past: Mill Plain School #1
  Mill Plain School
• Pictures of the Past: MIF
  Malleable Iron Fittings once vital to the town
• Pictures of the Past: Lock Works #3
  Lock Works display
• Pictures of the Past: Lock Works #2
  Lock Works town's largest employer at one time
• Pictures of the Past: Lock Works #1
  Branford Lock Works