Fourth of July parade, 1928 Old Canterbury/Plainfield bridge in winter, c.1920 Canterbury Green looking to the northeast, c.1950 Setting the Rochambeau Memorial March marker, May 2006 The Willoughby house at the intersection of Routes 14 & 169, c.1930 Walter Papuga at his Westminster Hill Store, c.1960 Preserving the Cleaveland Cemetery gate, 1976 The Asa Bacon Homestead, c.1900 Recess at the Green School, c. early 1900s Carpenter's hoops ready for delivery, c.1920s Calvary Chapel, c.1940s Butts Bridge under construction, 1936 Near Old RT 14 Quinebaug Bridge, c.1912 Arthur Bennett's sawmill, c.1920 Charles Barstow with buggy, c. early 1900s John Warner Barber print of Canterbury Green, 1835 Jonathan Wheeler House -- built 1760 Dr. Helen Baldwin & family, c.1945 The Flood of August 1955
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Event Details
     
Friday, September 11th 2009 at 7:00 business meeting first, followed by program and refreshments
 
Location: Community Room of the Canterbury Town Hall - 1 Municipal Drive, Canterbury, CT  
   
Karen Stevens presents “Vanishing America—the Outhouse”

After our annual summer hiatus, when we don't meet in July and August, Canterbury Historical Society regular monthly meetings/programs resume in September. Welcome back and hope you had a great summer.
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old outhouseAt the September meeting, Karen Stevens of Scotland, Connecticut, will present an illustrated journey down a nostalgic path, past the old woodpile and on to the outhouse. Learn more than you might think you want to know about the history and lore of the little shack out back.

If you have outhouse photo(s), please contact us ahead of time so we can learn about your example(s) prior to the program. Or, if you are the proud possessor of an outhouse in our area, we’d love to photograph and otherwise document it—please contact Alton Orlomoski at 546-9062.

Free and open to the public; everyone is welcome. Light refreshments will be served after the program. Bring a friend!

 

 
Cliff Williams with saw rig, c.1920s The Prudence Crandall House, c. early 1900s First Congregational Church, December 1963 First Congregational Church fire, December 1963 Ford (Fort) Ned remains, 2002 Frink & Wright Store, c.1930 Canterbury Grange, c. 1920s Teacher Happie K. Tracy, c. 1950s Fly rod maker Hiram Hawes, c. 1920s Henry Larkham & friend, c. 1900s Canterbury Plains, c. early 1900s Statue of Moses Cleaveland in Cleveland, Ohio Bennett's skunk farm on Graff Road, c.1920s

 

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