All posts tagged "Hamden Conn."
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10.2KBusiness and LaborA.C. Gilbert, The Man Who Saved Christmas (and Invented the Erector Set)
In 1918, America was at war. The country needed to devote all of its industrial might to victory in Europe. A war...
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11.5K2MassachusettsNew England’s Gun Valley, Child of the Springfield Armory
New England’s Gun Valley began with George Washington, who in 1777 scouted the site on an old Puritan muster ground in Springfield,...
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8.4KConnecticutThe Tungsten Light Bulb Scandal of 1908
John Allen Heany managed to fool some of the people with his tungsten light bulb, but he couldn’t fool General Electric. In...
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23.8K23ConnecticutHow the Italian Immigrants Came to New England
Italian immigrants put their stamp on New England as indelibly as any Puritan. New England, in fact, is the most Italian region...
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22.8K5ConnecticutDeane Keller, Monuments Man From New Haven
In 1942 Deane Keller, a pudgy, bespectacled, 42-year-old Yale professor, ached to fight the Germans in Europe. He tried to enlist in...
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11.1K5Arts and LeisureEleanor Estes Assuages Her Childhood Guilt
When Eleanor Estes was growing up in West Haven, Conn., her classmates mocked a Polish girl who wore the same hand-me-down dress...
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