Stamford History Real Time

Artist's View of Old Cove Mill Harbor, May 1931 (Whitman Bailey)

As we walk on Cove Island these days, we doubt any of us can imagine what it looked like in the past.  The Old Cove Mills were destroyed in a tremendous fire on February 19, 1919, and except for one small building, nothing is left today.  However, it looked quite different still in 1931 as this sketch by Whitman Bailey shows, printed in The Advocate on May 16, 1931.

Complete Newspaper Clipping of March 16, 1931 (PDF file)

Charles O. Miller, Stamford Businessman and Philanthropist (Updated May 11)

Working on the next Photo Selection of the Month, this writer stumbled across this note: The Development of a Big Store.

"All over the southern part of Fairfield County The C. O. Miller Company store of Stamford has for many decades been a household word.  Probably in no other locality has any other store had so nearly one hundred per cent of the patronage of a community.  But this community is growing and has been growing rapidly. This necessarily has had an effect on the store.  To meet the greater Stamford and the rapidly increasing needs of this part of the county, this famous dry goods  establishment has been forced to increase its floor space by more than six thousand square feet and completely to remodel and change the building."  read all

Day Trip to the Florence Griswold MuseumOld Lyme, CT, Thursday June 12

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Day Trip to The Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT
Thursday   June 12, 2008

Enjoy History, Scenic Gardens, and Art!

Join The Stamford Historical Society on a day trip to The Florence Griswold Museum on Thursday, June 12, 2008 to view the new exhibition, Impressionist Giverny: American Painters in France, 1885-1915.  Take this opportunity to tour this world‑class museum and historic site on the Connecticut Art Trail, view a special international Impressionist exhibition, explore the Museum's scenic grounds and historic gardens, and enjoy lunch in a quintessential New England village inn.