Virtual Exhibit Gallery

Please click on an exhibit below to begin browsing

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• The Postcard Collection: Vintage Views of Bridgeport
• Hundreds of postcards illustrating the varied images of Bridgeport over time...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• Civil War Sketchbook: Watercolor Paintings
• A sketchbook containing over two dozen hand-painted scenes...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• Oral History Gallery: Recordings and Transcripts
• Interviews with Bridgeport residents about their work and life in town over the decades...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• The Circus Poster Collection: Barnum in the late 1800s
• All restored and presented for your amusement and enjoyment...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• The World War One Collection: Bridgeport during WWI
• Photographs of Bridgeport during WWI...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• Bridgeport Public Library: Images across the years
• A collection of exterior and interior photographs of the various Bridgeport Public Library buildings over the years...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• Bicycle Clubs in Bridgeport: Rolling with the Times
• At the turn of the last Century, there were several bicycle clubs in Bridgeport. These groups took outings to city parks and the surrounding countryside. Here are some images of the members and their equipment....  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• Bridgeport Cultural Arts Center: An Oral History
• On July 6, 1970 under the agency leadership of Charles B. Tisdale, the A.B.C.D. Cultural Arts Center (hereafter Art Center) welcomed Bridgeport youth and young adults to explore a variety of creative expression at an office building in downtown Bridg...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• Afro American Educators' Association: Oral History Project
• From 1982-1983, Bridgeport's Afro American Educators' Association conducted interviews with black residents of Bridgeport as part of a project funded by the Connecticut Humanities Council (now Connecticut Humanities).
  
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• Bridgeport and New Haven Puerto Rican Oral Histories, 2023-2024: Interviews conducted by Amanda Rivera, Yale University
• Fifth year Yale University doctoral candidate Amanda Rivera approached the History Center about conducting oral histories to facilitate her research on the bilingual education movement in Bridgeport as led by Puerto Ricans in the 1970s. Rivera contin...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• Bridgeport Living History
  : Oral Histories Conducted by Bridgeport Youth in 1984
• In the summer of 1984, the City of Bridgeport's Human Resources Development, Department of Youth Services conducted an ambitious project to train Bridgeport youth to conduct oral history interviews with older city residents. The goal of the projects...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• Bridgeport History Center General Oral History Collection: Individual oral histories spanning decades
• The BHC General Oral History Collection contains interviews with individuals from all backgrounds, ages, and experiences and spans several decades. The department conducts an ongoing oral history program to collect interviews with members of the Brid...  View Exhibit Page