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	Title:	Subject - LCSH:	Date [built] (Source):	Orig Owner:

1.	A.L. Mills farm, Canton Center, Conn.	Farm buildings--Connecticut--Canton.		Title supplied by Cataloger.; Scope and content: Farm building under construction in Canton Center.

2.	Baptist Church and Public Library, Moodus, Conn.	Baptist church buildings; Library buildings; Public libraries; Moodus (Conn.); East Haddam (Conn.)

3.	Baptist Church and Public Library, Moodus, Conn.	Church buildings; Baptist church buildings; Library buildings; Public libraries; Moodus (Conn.); East Haddam (Conn.)

4.	Blacksmith shop, Bakersville	Blacksmiths--Connecticut--New Hartford.		Title supplied by cataloger.; Scope and content: An interview with George W. Jones entitled "Recollections of Bakerville" appeared in the winter 1941-42 and spring-summer 1942 issues of The lure of the Litchfield Hills. Jones had been a blacksmith and carriage maker for sixty-five years at that time, having apprenticed under his father, Walter N. Jones

5.	Erastus Watrous house	Farmhouses; East Haddam (Conn.); Oxen; Agricultural laborers; Dwellings

6.	Home of General Israel Putnam, Brooklyn	Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790--Homes and haunts.; Farmhouses--Connecticut--Brooklyn.; Dwellings--Connecticut--Brooklyn.		Title supplied by Cataloger.; Scope and content: Originally built in the 1740s, this farmhouse where General Putnam died on May 29, 1790 is now a private residence. It is the first house on the left on Spaulding Road, off of Route 169 in Brooklyn.

7.	Home of Jonathan Trumbull, Lebanon, Conn.	Dwellings--Connecticut--Lebanon.		Title from verso of original photo.; Scope and content: Photo of exterior of a house. Date on verso: 1935.

8.	Log cabin, Putnam Memorial Campground	United States. Continental Army--Barracks and quarters.; Log cabins--Connecticut--Redding.		Title supplied by cataloger.; Scope and content: Putnam Memorial State Park is the site of Connecticut's Valley Forge. In the harsh winter of 1778-79, Major General Israel Putnam and his troops camped here in order to be able to march to the defense of West Point or the towns on Long Island Sound. Although a penciled inscription on the back of this photograph gives the location as being "on the site of the old Guard House used by General Putnam in the winter of 1778," a phone call to the Park Supervisor revealed that this log cabin was actually located north of the fireback remains and was a reproduction of the soldiers' barracks. It burned down in the mid-1970s and only the chimney remains today (2004).his photograph appears in chapter 13 of Mills' book entitled The story of Connecticut (editions published in 1943 and later).

9.	Log home, Colebrook	Log cabins--Connecticut--Colebrook.		Title supplied by Cataloger.; Scope and content: House constructed primarily from logs with bark and sealed with mortar.

10.	Quasset school after being moved	Schools--Connecticut--Woodstock.		Title supplied by cataloger.; Scope and content: "Quasset school after being moved."

11.	Quasset school built in 1748	Schools--Connecticut--Woodstock.		Title supplied by cataloger.; Scope and content: "Last picture in orig. setting."

12.	Quasset school, Woodstock	Mills, Lewis Sprague, 1874-1965.; Schools--Connecticut--Woodstock.		Title supplied by cataloger.; Scope and content: First photo captioned on verso: "L.S. Mills ... conducts a sixth grade spelling lesson." 2nd photo captioned: "Quasset School ... Oct. 30, 1954. Mills, sitting at same desk and in same chair as in 1898. Same stove, too." 3rd: "The famous egg problem" Remaining images depict teacher Ethel V. Swainson and her sixth grade class.

13.	Samuel Gillett house	Farmhouses; East Haddam (Conn.); Agricultural laborers

14.	Sawmill, Romford	Sawmills--Connecticut--Washington Depot.; Water mills--Connecticut--Washington Depot.		Title supplied by cataloger.; Scope and content: Probably built in the early 1800s

15.	Summer cabins beside the Farmington River	Tourist camps, hostels, etc.--Connecticut--Canton.		Title supplied by cataloger.; Scope and content: The location of these cabins is probably Canton.

16.	Thatched shelter, Plainville.	Farm buildings--Connecticut--Plainville.		Title supplied by cataloger.; Scope and content: The location of these cabins is probably Canton.

17.	The Trumbull war office at Lebanon, Conn.	Public buildings--Connecticut--Lebanon.		Title from verso of second photo.; Scope and content: Two exterior photos, both dated "1935" on verso.

18.	Windham County Jail, Brooklyn	Windham County Jail (Brooklyn, Conn.); Jails--Connecticut--Brooklyn.		Title supplied by cataloger.; Scope and content: This building was erected in 1896 or 1897 along U.S. Route 6 in Brooklyn not far from the center of town and was used until 1993. It was part of a 385 acre farm which furnished employment for most of the male inmates year round. The Jail's name was changed to the Brooklyn Community Correctional Center in the late 1960s.

19.	WPA Architectural Survey ANDO001	Andover (Conn.); Dwellings	1810-35	Baptist Parsonage

20.	WPA Architectural Survey ANDO002	Andover (Conn.); Dwellings	1770 (D. R.)

21.	WPA Architectural Survey ANDO003	Andover (Conn.); Church buildings	1833 (Heer)	Congregational Church

22.	WPA Architectural Survey ANDO004	Andover (Conn.); Dwellings	1789 (D. R.)	Cummings House

23.	WPA Architectural Survey ANDO005	Andover (Conn.); Dwellings	1799 (Records)	David Burnap

24.	WPA Architectural Survey ANDO006	Andover (Conn.); Dwellings	1754 (Family records)	Daggett

25.	WPA Architectural Survey ANDO007	Andover (Conn.); Dwellings	1800 (Owner) (Records of family )	Daggett