Historic Photos
Architecture
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The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme circa 1920 OLHSI Archives
Memorial Town Hall, 1921 OLHSI Archives
Baptist Church, Old Lyme, circa 1920 Jennifer Hill House Collection
The Lord House, circa 1890 Courtesy of Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library
Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, 1899 Courtesy of Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library
The Sill House, circa 1885 OLHSI Archives
Florence Griswold House, circa 1910 Courtesy of Florence Griswold Museum
Charles H. Ludington House, circa 1903 Luddington Family Collection
Center School, Lyme Street, 1913 OLHSI Archives
Lyme Street Looking North, circa 1934 OLHSI Archive
Original Old Lyme Inn on Ferry Road, circa 1900 OLHSI Archive
Old Lyme Grange, photo by Mabel Harris, circa 1929 OLHSI Archives
Boxwood Manor Inn, circa 1920 OLHSI Archive
Davis Furniture Shop, circa 1935 OLHSI Archive
Ferry Tavern Hotel, circa 1950 OLHSI Archive
Community
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Revelers on the beach at Sound View, circa 1910 Jim Lampos Collection
Tea on the lawn, Lyme Art Gallery, circa 1924 Jennifer Hill House Collection
Haynes Garage, Main Street in Old Lyme, 1936 Courtesy of the Old Lyme Ice Cream Shoppe and Cafe
Lyme Art Association, artists at work, circa 1925 Courtesy of Lyme Art Association
James Riddle's Team of white horses pulling old town hall down Lyme Street, circa 1921 OLHSI Archive
Sound View Beach on "Beach Day", circa 1915 Jim Lampos Collection
The Sinnott-Breen Cottage, circa 1921 Courtesy of the Breen Family
Hartford Avenue, No Thoroughfare, circa 1920 Jennifer Hill House Collection
Ruby Chapman, also known as 'The Candy Lady' with her mule Mike, circa 1910 Jim Lampos Collection
Hurricane of 1938 devastated Hawk's Nest Beach OLHSI Archive
Election Day - Tuesday November 7th 1900 OLHSI Archive
Old Lyme Fire Department volunteers with new firetruck, 1924 OLHSI Archives
Transportation
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Black Hall Memorial Bridge, circa 1900 OLHSI Archive
Old Lyme Ferry Boat "Colonial" at Lyme Landing, Old Lyme, circa 1905 OLHSI Archives
Lieutenant River Bridge, on Ferry Road, circa 1900 OLHSI Archives
Antique Cars displayed at Lyme Auto Service, circa 1925 OLHSI Archives
"The Lady Fenwick", the Ferry to Lyme, circa 1890 James Meehan Collection
Trolley on Lyme Street, circa 1915 Cynthia Taylor Collection
Connecticut River Bridge, looking east, Opening Day - August 24th, 1911 OLHSI Archives
Connecticut River Bridge, looking west, circa 1911 OLHSI Archive
Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge, looking east, 1948 Cynthia Taylor Collection
Old Lyme Black Hall Railroad Station, circa 1910 OLHSI Archives
Sound View Railroad Station, circa 1925 OLHSI Archive
South Lyme Station and Post Office, circa 1940 OLHSI Archives