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View of Fairfield railroad station with train approaching

A man carrying another man on his back, in standing water outside a house. Beach Road area, November 1953.

Panoramic view of Southport harbor from Sturges house, Harbor Road, with ship in foreground.

Shows Meeker’s onion docks and warehouses in Southport harbor. Boats are docked in the foreground and figures are talking on dock.

Warehouses dominated the Southport shoreline in the 1800s, when Fairfield farmers shipped onions and other goods to…

Colorized postcard of Fairfield Beach, c. 1932

President Ronald Regan delivering a speech during his visit to Fairfield, 1984.

A photo of Christopher Columbus Wells in his mail wagon, 1896. Wells was the first Rural Free Delivery or "R.F.D." carrier in Fairfield.

Fairfield organized a full-fledged police department in 1930, replacing a system of constables. Pictured here at 633 Post Road are the members of the initial police force: Christian Shick, Eugene Burns, Thomas Shaughnessy, Chief Arthur Bennett,…

Feeding horses at Bulkley's Livery Stable on Old Post Road.

A portrait of the Anti family, who immigrated from Hungary to Bridgeport in 1906. Pictured: Janos, Katalin Varga, Maria (Mary), and Janos (John) Anti.