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Fairfield Motor Inn

417 Post Road

The front entrance of the Fairfield Motor Inn, circa 1977.

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Eastern Mountain Sports

1939 Black Rock Turnpike

Linda Magovern, a salesperson at EMS, is seen here explaining some of the store's ski equipment to a customer. Eastern Mountain Sports had recently opened as of the taking of this picture in…

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Duchess Restaurant

625 Post Road

The drive-through window of the old Duchess building can be seen in this photograph.

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Duchess Restaurant

625 Post Road

Pictured is the old building of the Duchess Restaurant, which was torn down and replaced with a new structure in 2006.

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Devore's Bakery

1979 Post Road

For decades, Devore's Bakery sold a variety of delicious treats to Fairfield citizens. The bakery closed in 2006, roughly 30 years after this picture was taken.

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Gustave Whitehead and daughter Rose, sitting with group beside Whitehead's "No. 21" aircraft. Photo taken by Stanley Yale Beach in the spring of 1901, at a clearing bounded by Cherry Street, Bostwick Avenue and Pine Streets,in the West End of…

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Gustave Whitehead, sitting with the checkered shawl, and Arthur Watson, sitting in his car (the other man sitting was Watson's chauffeur). The caption written on the back was "This car did its share of towing Whitehead planes for take-off." The…

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Overhead view of the replica of Whitehead's "No. 21" aircraft, created for a test run in 1986.  Gustave Whitehead, a German immigrant experimented with flight at the beginning of the 20th century. In 2013, the aviation "bible" Jane's All About…

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Meeker Merwin House

698 Merwins Lane

The Meeker Merwin house was built in 1780 by Meeker Merwin. Ownership of the house ended up with his son, Benjamin Merwin, who eventually passed it down to Morris Meeker Merwin. Morris served the town as a…

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John Perry House

134 Center Street

The Perry house was built in 1882 for Judge John Hoyt Perry. Perry belonged to a prominent family in Southport, his father being a sea captain. The house gained an addition in 1905 and still stands today.
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