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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…

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.

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.

Duchess Restaurant

625 Post Road

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

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…

Fairfield Motor Inn

417 Post Road

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

Fairfield Optical

2449 Black Rock Turnpike

Pictured here is Fairfield Optical's owner, Chris Cannella, in his store. The store had recently celebrated its grand opening.

A pair of men posing for a photo as they wade through the flooding in the Beach Road area caused by the hurricane of 1953.

Fairfield residents make their way through the floodwater on Reef Road in the aftermath of the 1953 hurricane.

A truck plows through the floodwater on Reef Road left by the 1953 hurricane.