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M. A. Peterson Inc Front.jpg
Promotional postcard from the M.A. Peterson, Inc. business.

Alfred Plant School - Front.jpg
Hand colored postcard showing the Alfred Plant School, a junior high school at the corner of Whiting Lane and Farmington Avenue. Message, address, stamp and postmark 1928 on reverse.

American School for the Deaf - newly built 1921 -hand colored - Front.jpg
Hand colored postcard showing the American School for the Deaf.

Baptist Church - Hand colored - Front.jpg
Postcard, hand-colored, showing the Baptist Church in it's original location on Farmington Avenue. To the right of the church is the old Town Records building.

Buckland General Store Front 1913.jpg
Postcard, hand-colored, showing Buckland's store and the pharmacy of Allen B. Judd. This building stood at the southwest corner of the intersection with Farmington Avenue from at least 1856 until about 1916 when it was sold to a developed who built…

Center High School - 1907 - Front.jpg
Postcard showing Center High School, which stood at what is now the corner of Memorial and Raymond Roads.

Center looking west - note sleigh - 1910 - Front.jpg
postcard, hand-colored, showing Farmington Avenue in West Hartford Center in winter. Sent to Mr. Schwerdtfeger at the Aetna Life insurance Co. Hartford, Conn.

Cemetry Chapel - Front - 1910.jpg
Sent to Miss Gertrude Kelsey in Bristol, Connecticut in 1910 from Jessamine.

First Congregational Church and Parsonage Front.jpg
Postcard showing the fourth meetinghouse known as the "Greystone Church" located on the southeast corner of the intersection of Main Street and Farmington Avenue.

Dining Room St. Joseph College - 1940's - Front.jpg
Black and white postcard showing students gathered for a meal in the college dining room; no message nor postmark on reverse.
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