Hartford County, Connecticut - Historic photos, documents, and people

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The utmost precision is required of these operators who are cutting and drilling parachute packs in an eastern factory, Manchester, Conn. Their work is under constant close supervision. Pioneer Parchut

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At Beecher Street School, whose student body consists of half Americans of Italian descent and half of Americans of Polish descent, Southington, Conn. The Queen of the May was Emily Schwak, of Polish e

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Farm owned by James Pompey, who 20 years ago came from Italy on the advice of a brother, Southington, Connecticut. People of Finnish, Slav, German, and Polish extraction help him to farm it

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The water stretching machine of an eastern parachute manufacturer stretches shroud lines so as to make them more adaptable to the finished product, Manchester, Conn.

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School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a festival in May 1942, Southington, Conn.

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Central Congregational Church, Hartford, Conn. also known as the First Church of Christ, Hartford, Conn.

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Making harnesses, Mary Saverick stitching, Pioneer Parachute Company Mills, Manchester, Conn.

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Berlin Arms Motel, Wilbur Cross Highway -- Routes U.S. 5 and Conn. 15, Berlin, Conn.

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Charter Oak Chair, made from the historical Charter Oak Tree, Hartford, Conn.

Hartford County, Connecticut Historic photos, documents, and people