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Top row (left to right): Walter Jennings, Mrs. Jennings (Jean Pollock Brown), unnamed boy
Bottom Row (left to right): Constance Jennings, Annie B. Jennings, Miss Gallalette, Jennette Jennings

John Hoyt Perry was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County in 1889, and in 1893 went into private practice in Bridgeport until his retirement in 1902. A Republican, he represented Fairfield in the House of Representatives…

(As written on the back of the photo)

Martha and George Washington Party
in Entertainment in Greenfield Hill Church in the gay '90s [1890s]

Ada F. Jennings, Lady Washington
Walter Merwin, George Washington
Samuel Wakeman - Hulls Highway…

A Lady and George Washington party, held at Mr. and Mrs. Simon Bradley's Redding Road home in May 1890.

Left: Elizabeth Bradley
Center: Ada F. Jennings
Right: Elva Banks

The Party was a benefit for Greenfield Hill Congregational Church.

Standing portrait of Mabel Osgood Wright, photographer and naturalist.

Three portraits of John B. Morehouse. From left to right: Feb. or March, 1865, Washingtion; Dec. 1863 or Jan. 1864, Baltimore; July or Aug. 1865, New Haven.

This image was found among the papers at Lyon Homestead. Morris W. Lyon placed flowers…

A portrait of John B. Morehouse.

Margaret Rudkin, founder of Pepperidge Farm, Inc., making bread.

Mary Allis (b. March 2, 1899 in Cleveland; d. May 8, 1987 in Fairfield) was the owner of the Ogden House in Fairfield and a celebrated antique and folk art collector and dealer.

A daguerrotype portrait of Mary Elizabeth Bulkley, who married Captain Isaac Jennings.