Thompson Historical Society Museum Collections

Thompson Historical Society

Photo Collections of the Thompson Historical Society

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E.S. Backus - Grocer with horse & wagon, Thompson Hill c1910

E.S. Backus - Grocer with horse & wagon, Thompson Hill c1910

North Grosvenordale CT - Joe Paquette Korean War POW returns 1953 - Main St.

Korean War POW Joe Paquette is welcomed home - 1953

Main St. No. Grosvenordale, CT

c1908 Building Tourtellotte Memorial High School, North Grosvenordale, CT

c1908 Building Tourtellotte Memorial High School, North Grosvenordale, CT

Earl Mead Farm after 1938 Hurricane, Quinebaug, boy is possibly Earl Meade Jr.

Giant Elm downed in 1938 Hurricane off Rt 197 Earl Meade Farm, boy is possibly

Earl Meade Jr., photo courtesy of Frank Fitzgibbons

Quinebaug - Hon. Eben Stevens Residence - Intervale Mill Owner

Quinebaug - Hon. Eben Stevens Residence - Intervale Mill Owner

Willis Joslin with horses and wagon load of wood, East Thompson CT

Willis Joslin with horses and wagon load of wood - East Thompson CT

View of Main Street North Grosvenordale prior to the new library being built.

Note Long Blocks tenement / mill housing, now gone.

Forest Mills Rhodes on Indian motorcycle near greenhouses at Ream Estate c1908

Forest Mills Rhodes on Indian motorcycle near greenhouses at Ream Estate (now Marianapolis Preparatory School), c1908

John Hoenig and the Thompson Speedway

John Hoenig, and the Thompson Speedway

1836 Barber print of Thompson Hill with modern colorization

1836 John Barber Print of Thompson Hill with modern colorization. Note 2nd Cong. Church stands in the middle of the Thompson Common. The two signs stand opposite the two taverns, in the distance is the Vernon Stiles and closer to the viewer with the red edge is the original tavern on the Hill. Both the newly built Thompson Bank (now at Old Sturbridge Village) and the Baptist Church can be seen in this image.

Alice Fell Searls - wife of Honorable Charles E. Searls, noted State's Attorney for CT

Historic Photos:

1938 Hurricane - Thompson Congregational Church without steep

1938 Hurricane -Thompson Congregational Church

Reedville Dam, West Thompson, CT late 1800s

West Thompson, CT - Old Reedville Dam - 1890s

Pouring Rt 14 North Grosvenordale c1914

Route 12 being poured in 1914 - North Grosvenordale, CT

Chandler Store - North Grosvenordale CT 1880s

J.B. Chandler Store - North Grosvenordale, CT 1880s

Hospital Block, North Grosvenordale, CT - 1890s

1890s - Believed to be the Hospital Block, N. Grosvenordale, CT - Main St

Trolley Track along the French River in Mechanicsville CT (Thompson)

c1909 - Trolley Tracks along French River, near Mechanicsville Mill

Thompson, CT

West Thompson Methodist Church, Thompson CT c1910, building moved to Belmont, MA

Pouring Rt. 12 in No. Grosvenordale ca 1914

Pouring Rt. 12 in North Grosvenordale ca. 1914

Barbara & George Weaver of Thompson Raceway fame, East Thompson CT

Barbara & George Weaver of Thompson Raceway fame, East Thompson CT

Thompson Firemen in 1919 Parade celebrating the end of World War I, Grosvenordale, CT

Thompson Firemen in 1919 Parade celebrating the end of World War I, Grosvenordale, CT

Grosvenor-Dale Company Mill Built 1872 in North Grosvenordale CT, Interior View 1928

Grosvenor-Dale Company Mill Built 1872 in North Grosvenordale CT, Interior View 1928

Ice Storm on Thompson Hill - Quaddick Road

Ice Storm on Thompson Hill - Quaddick Road

Main Street North Grosvenordale

Main Street and Lutheran (Swedish) Church - North Grosvenordale, CT