Directly behind what was then the new state courthouse building, a plaza costing around $1million was built. Dedicated at a ceremony on October 10, 1974, the plaza was named after former Connecticut governor Raymond E. Baldwin Sr. The ceremony was held in the new plaza, with ...
Rationing of many products during World War II, such as food items, gasoline, and coffee, caused a surge of the black market--goods traded illegally. In August 1943, a rally in Marina Park was held to protest the black market. Shown in attendance in the rally ...
On July 11, 1911 the Federal Express Train wreck, one of the worst railroad wrecks in Bridgeport's history occurred around 3:15 that summer morning. On board was the St. Louis Cardinals National baseball team, as well as many other passengers. The train, which had been running ...
Sam and his brothers Kiev and Elliot owned a radio shop located at 746 Madison Avenue, Bridgeport in 1932. An oral history with Sam Liskov can be read on the website http://bridgeporthistory.org/
As doctors in the late 1800s, brothers Dr. Lucien and Ira De Ver Warner became concerned with the use of the corset in women’s fashion. The corset was a piece of underclothing meant to give women an “hourglass” figure desirable at the time. But the ...
