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The trolley's route led it up Fairfield Avenue to Ash Creek and reversed there. ]]>2014-10-22T10:11:06-04:00
Title
Ash Creek Trolley
Description
Motorman Szymanski stands with Car No. 1944, a yellow trolley-car produced by Brill Manufacturing Co. This picture was taken on the intersection of the Post Road and Miller Street.
The trolley's route led it up Fairfield Avenue to Ash Creek and reversed there.
Source
Fairfield -- Transit System -- Trolley
Date
January 19, 1936
Rights
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Format
JPEG, original 8" x 5"
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Pictured here is motorman Patrick Collins standing with his trolley car on the Post Road at Miller Street. The Kilbourne-Sauer Co. building is visible in the background. ]]>2014-10-22T10:11:06-04:00
Title
Stratford Trolley
Description
Trolley car No. 1479, constructed from wood by the Osgood Bradley Company and painted yellow.
Pictured here is motorman Patrick Collins standing with his trolley car on the Post Road at Miller Street. The Kilbourne-Sauer Co. building is visible in the background.
Source
Fairfield -- Transit System -- Trolley
Date
February 15, 1936
Rights
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Format
JPEG, original 8" x 5"
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Brill Manufacturing Company produced the car, which was colored yellow. ]]>2014-10-22T10:11:06-04:00
Title
Norwalk-Bound Trolley
Description
One of Fairfield's trolley cars headed toward Norwalk. The No. 1941 car is pictured here at speed near the Pequot Monument in Southport.
Brill Manufacturing Company produced the car, which was colored yellow.
Source
Fairfield -- Transit System -- Trolley
Date
8 September 1935
Rights
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Format
JPEG, 8" x 5"
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This particular trolley route ran from East Main Street in Bridgeport to Brooklawn. ]]>2014-10-22T10:11:06-04:00
Title
Brooklawn Trolley
Description
Pictured here is Car 1751 of the Fairfield trolly service. The car is on the bridge between North Avenue and King's Highway, the boundary between Bridgeport and Fairfield.
This particular trolley route ran from East Main Street in Bridgeport to Brooklawn.
Source
Fairfield -- Transit Systems -- Trolley
Date
Sept. 1935
Rights
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Memorial Day Parade with marching men dressed as Indians, a man carrying an American flag, and crowds lining the street in Fairfield on the Post Road in 1939.
Source
Fairfield--Celebrations--Memorial Day 1930's
Date
1939
Rights
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The Francis Brewer Home School for Boys was built in 1800 initially as a private residence. Brewer bought the property in 1891 and turned it into a school. The school was around for 18 years and sent many boys off to Yale, Princeton, and Dartmouth. In 1931 the house was dramatically altered to gain a colonial look. ]]>2014-10-22T10:10:58-04:00
Title
Francis Brewer Home School for Boys
Subject
Fairfield- Buildings
Description
Francis Brewer Home School for Boys, 766 Old Post Road.
The Francis Brewer Home School for Boys was built in 1800 initially as a private residence. Brewer bought the property in 1891 and turned it into a school. The school was around for 18 years and sent many boys off to Yale, Princeton, and Dartmouth. In 1931 the house was dramatically altered to gain a colonial look.
Source
Fairfield--Buildings--766 Old Post Road
Rights
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