Connecticut Gallery

Hiding the Connecticut charter in an oak tree, 1687

Connecticut colonist hiding the colony's charter in a hollow oak to keep it from Governor Andros, 1687.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Buying Thanksgiving turkeys in Hartford, Connecticut, 1870s

Open-air market at Statehouse Square on the day before Thanksgiving in Hartford, Connecticut, 1870s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Recruiting privateersmen to serve the American cause in the Revolutionary War, New London, Connecticut.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

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