Monday, April 29, 2024
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| Fairfield Museum & History Center (2007) |
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The indigenous people created wampum/beads from a whelk
shell and using the purple of the quahog shell; wampum belts
were created for storytelling, ceremonial gifts, or recording
important treaties or historical events; the notion of wampum
as a currency or money was invented by white men |
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Navigating the Sea: a sextant (1861)
and spotting telescope (c 1840) |
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Made in Fairfield: High Chest (c 1740-1800)
with a sunburst design |
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Beach attire: Men's Swimsuit (c 1930s) and
Beach Pajamas (c 1935-1940) |
Gallery:
Isabel Chenoweth: Intertidal Zones & Wetlands in Connecticut:
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| Periwinkle, East Haven (2023) |
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| Tidal Pool VII (2023) |
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| Tidal Pool, Outer Island, Branford (2019) |
Exhibit:
Money Talks: The Gilded Age in Fairfield:
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Objects from Stormfield (house of Samuel Clemens):
Vegetable Dish (c 1908-1910), Megaphone (c 1908-1910),
and the book The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873,
by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner) |
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The American Woman'a Home (1869, by
Catherine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe) |
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| Entrance to the Old Burial Ground (c 1680) |
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| A skull decorating a gravestone |
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| Memorial to Reverend John Jones |
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| A cherub? |
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| A cuter cherub |
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| Old Town Hall (1794) |
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| St Paul's Episcopal Church (1855-1856) |
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| Burr Mansion (1790) for Thaddeus Burr, the uncle of Aaron Burr |
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| Government Commons |
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| Stone bench |
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| Historic Town Green, Victorian Cottage (1888) |
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| Historic Town Green, Victorian Barn (1888) |
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Historic Town Green, Edward's Pond that was the location
of the trial of two women accused of witchcraft in 1692 |
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The Fairfield Academy (1804) prepared the sons for Yale,
but also provided daughters a classical education |
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| Gateway to the Historic Town Green (1639) |
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Sun Tavern (c 1780); George Washington
visited in 1789 (and slept here?) |
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