Simsbury - Hardcover

Springman, Mary Jane; Lahue, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1531650430 ISBN 13: 9781531650438

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, 2011

Synopsis

When early photographers began recording scenes around
Simsbury, the town was over 200 years old and changing with
the times. Photographs taken in 1885 during a mile-high balloon ride
trace railroads, rather than the old canal, running through the town.
Grand Victorian mansions, some of them summer residences, arose
among cherished family homes on farms dating from colonial times.
The mills in the Tariffville section and Toy, Bickford & Company
near the center of town provided housing for workers who arrived
from Europe. Townspeople sent their youngest children to one of
12 district schools. By 1917, the town could boast of a centrally
located public high school as well as two private boarding schools. In
Simsbury, images capture the mix of old and new until the advent of
World War II.

About this title

About the Author

Mary Jane Springman holds a master of arts degree in American studies and has awards from the American Association for State and Local History, Connecticut League of History Organizations, and Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution. Alan Lahue holds a master of arts degree in teaching and is a director of the Simsbury Historical Society. Simsbury commemorates the founding of the Simsbury Historical Society in 1911.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1531650430
• ISBN 13: 9781531650438
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 130