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Looking south across Memorial Bridge, Milford.

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Title	Looking south across Memorial Bridge, Milford.
Creator	Hyatt Studio.
Place	Milford (Conn.)
Topic	Bridges Roads, Earth
Theme	Infrastructure Environment
Description	Dirt road crosses a stone bridge with a round tower with a tile roof. A stone on the left is inscribed: "In Memoriam / Capt. / Thomas Tibbals / obit 1703 / In consideration of his / Helpfulness... /... to Milford to.... / First comers the.... / Land Records." A second inscription is on the base of the tower. Utility poles and wires line the road. Two lamp posts are at the end of the bridge. Frame houses with outbuildings are on the far bank. Some houses have dormers, louvered shutters, porches, mansard roofs. A vertical-boarded structure at the far right has peeling broadsides posted on it. One of these posters reads: "New Haven Bill..." Trees include leafless elm trees and hemlocks. Inscribed on back: "The Bridge / looking southerly / towards center of town" "Milford, Conn." "Camp Store seventh / on the right. Platt store last / one on the left."<br>
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. <br>The Memorial Bridge was dedicated at Milford's 250th anniversary celebration in 1889. <br>
Date created	[between 1890 and 1901]
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 19 x 24 cm.<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number X.2000.35.69<br>File name 0525 img0100.pcd<br>
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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