Image | Title | Description | Credit Line | Accession Number | Date Acquired |
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![]() | Man's shoes, c. 1960s | Brown leather Bostonians with soles made by Goodyear, worn by William Brown (1917-2010) at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. | Gift of Andrea Brown Seldon | 2017.107.0 | December 2017 |
![]() | Thermometer, 1793 | Thermometer with a mahogany case made by Samuel Kneeland and Lemuel Adams, Hartford cabinetmakers. The case is decorated with light and dark colored string inlay and an inlaid shield. | Museum purchase | 2018.2.0 | January 2018 |
![]() | WWII Air Raid helmet | A World War II Air Raid marshal helmet worn by Anna Bellizzi (1921-2017) in Hartford during WWII. Anna Bellizzi immigrated to Hartford, Connecticut from Italy in 1929. | Gift of Paul Auner | 2018.6.1 | January 2018 |
![]() | Autobiography of Annie Schryver, 1997 | Annie Schryver (1913-2008) was a Japanese prisoner of war during WWII in Java. She was held for three and half years and her husband, Ernst Cobeer, died in captivity. Her autobiography is titled "My Internment in a Japanese Prison Camp." | Gift of the Avon Congregational Church | Ms 102049 (2018.7) | January 2018 |
![]() | Buttons, women's activism | A collection of political and social activism buttons. 2018.8.10: Round button: "WORKING/ TO END/ THE/ VIOLENCE/ THE WOMEN'S CENTER (203) 731-5200" distributed by the Women's Center of Greater Danbury 2018.8.14: Round button: "CT NOW Celebrates/ The 75th Anniversary of Woman's Suffrage/ ALICE PAUL,/ we are here!" (1995) | Gift of Lynn Ferrari | 2018.8.10; 2018.8.14 | January 2018 |
![]() | Newspaper, The Black Panther: Black Community News Service | 22 issues and 1 Danish publication of The Black Panther: Black Community News Service, 1969-1972. The official publication of the Black Panther Party, the newspaper shared the Party's views on a number of subjects, such as party information, criminal justice, and politics. Several issues cover the New Haven Black Panther Trials. | Museum purchase | 2018.22.1-x | May 2018 |
![]() | Woman's nightdress, c. 1980s | A Hartford Whalers woman's nightdress bought at the Whalers gift shop in the Civic Center and worn by the donor as a teenager. | Gift of Sandy Christoforidis Krein | 2018.27.3 | June 2018 |
![]() | Greater Hartford People to People and Peace Corps papers, 1961-1968 | A collection of documents from Roger E. Carlock (1935-2017), co-chairman of the Greater Hartford People to People Council and Peace Corps. Collection includes correspondence, annual reports, event programs, newspaper clippings, and photographs. | Gift of the Carlock family | Ms 102058 (2018.35) | July 2018 |
![]() | Photograph of the Scantic River, 1898 | A black and white photograph of the Scantic River in Somers, Connecticut, taken by Mrs. Clara Russell (1873-1970) of Hazardville, Connecticut the summer of 1898. | Gift of Janine M. B. Tegu | 2018.45.0 | August 2018 |
![]() | Carl W. Knudsen collection, 1867-1888 | A collection of letters, bills, and business documents belonging to Carl Wilhelm Knudsen (1818-1894) of South Norwalk, Connecticut, related to the Simplified Spelling Movement. | Gift of The Mark Twain House and Museum | Ms 102064 (2018.48) | September 2018 |