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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…

Two men are seen using tools to cut the ice around the Mill River

This photograph, taken in 1889, is of two men sitting in a horse-drawn wagon on Main Street. They are pictured in front of Tobias Bernhardt Dry Goods Store, located on Seeley (later Miller) Block.

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.

Shippan waterfront home. Two young men diving in water on a summer day.

Portrait of John Day Ferguson who lived from 1833 to 1877. Ferguson was a primary benefactor of the Ferguson Library in Stamford, CT which opened in November, 1881.

The grave stone is located at "Old Cemetery" in Fairfield, CT. Description at back of photo: "The grave of Andrew Ward, one of the settlers of Stamford, as seen through the gate of the old Cemetery at Fairfield, Conn., where he lies buried. He…

A group shot of 18 men, members of St. John's Athletic Group.

Identified in this photograph are: standing Frederick Scott seated Ralph Hurebutt, Doty