Main
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Main Street Walk 1963
Background of these
pictures......
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The story behind these 65 photos, I
think, is interesting. While digitizing material that was found
at the Willimantic Public Library, I came across an album that
had several pages of photocopied pictures. The first page of the
album contained the written sheet that is shown on the left. The
"walker/photographer" remains unknown as does the name of the
album maker. I' guessing that the album was created in 2007
since many of the notations use that date.
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Several years later I was fortunate to talk with John Monaghan
who just happened to have a complete set of the photos and was
kind enough to let me digitize them. They are presented here in
no particular order.
Whoever put the album together made notations under some of the
photos and wherever that was done,
I will reproduce them in blue
here under
the same photos.
Pete |
The album's author also used names for
many of the "blocks" shown in the
photos. Their names changed over the
years - sometimes they are referred to
by the original owner/builder's name,
sometimes by the name of a subsequent
owner.
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Shea Block
(Gone), Heap(?) Block (Hallocks),
Cranston Block, Eliot Block (Tubridy's) |
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 Church-Reed
lost in St. Valentine's Day fire. All
demolished in 1978.
Church-Reed lot now Liberty Bank
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2007 Library (Welch's) ,Despathy
Furniture, |
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Todd's
2077 QVCC |
All gone except for
Baptist Church |
Woolworths
2007 Nassiffs
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Hotel Hooker (Windham
House)
west - Nathan Hale |
2007 Access |
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Browns
2007 Leavitt Theater |
Flaherty- Gelinas
Block |
Hurley-Grant Block,
Shea Block
All gone
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Franklin Block,
Chapman Arnold block (gone)
Beller (Meehan Realty) |
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Gem Theater, YMCA,
Kimbel Block |
Alexandras , original
trolley barn - city yard,
later Tyler Square |
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2007 Parking
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Alexandras |
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