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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 We Need Your Gorgeous Color Photos of Canterbury
  April 27th, 2009
 
 

An important recurring fundraiser for the society is our yearly calendar.

Canterbury barn in snowWe've all really enjoyed the past calendars featuring old photos from the society's collection. However, it's become increasingly difficult to find great historical shots unused in previous years. For that reason, we've proposed a different approach this year of showcasing in color Canterbury's present-day historical, scenic, and cultural gems.

This is where we need your help. Please contact us if you have stunning high-resolution color photos of Canterbury's vistas, stone walls, rivers and streams, trees and more, taken in every season and every weather (sun, fog, rain, and snow), that we might consider using in the calendar. Because we're starting this project now and need to finish by September, we are particularly in need of fall foliage and winter snow scenes.

People or animals or a house or barn in a photo don't disqualify it from consideration! We actually hope to have some such "life style" images--folks canoeing on the river, a distant image of a family sliding a freshly cut Christmas tree home over the snow, winter skaters, summer picnickers with their kids and dogs, summer bonfires, etc.

Please share. If we use a photo of yours, you will of course be gratefully acknowledged in the calendar. All proceeds directly support the programs and projects of the Canterbury Historical Society.

Please call Ellen at 860-546-9346. Thank you.
 

 
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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