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This photograph, taken circa 1880, gives a view looking east to Main Street from Atlantic Square. The Union House is shown in the left of the photo while the Stamford Post Office is pictured on the bottom left.

Davenport's home located on Main and New Summer Streets. Photo in Gillespie's "Picturesque Stamford," pg. 96. Description on back of photo: " The home of Abraham Davenport as it looked in the nineties (1890s) when it stood on the east side of New…

This is a portrait of Andrew W. Paradise who served as the first librarian of the Ferguson Library from January 1882 to 1895. This picture was given to the library by his daughter around 1940.

Description on back of picture: Fakir in the Square in the nineties, note the unpaved condition of Atlantic Square and the fanciful fountain.

Postcard of National Bank, Stamford Savings Bank located at the corner of Bank and Main Streets. Early 1900s.

Author's Night.

Circulation Desk. Checking out Books.

Description on back of picture: Taken by Louise S.? Beaugraud? for Senior Citizen's week - May 1957. Senior Citizens Book-Film Program. Program Planning Comm.? Marie C. Hurley, ass't Librarian?, Mathew Fuinenty?, Goved? Steffis?

This is an image of Bedford Street looking south, after a great flood which swept through downtown Stamford in 1938.

This is a photograph of Bedford Street after a massive flood swept through Stamford in 1938.