The Rathbun Free Memorial Library: Historial Photograph Collection

Events People Places

East Haddam Places Over time a community has many faces -- its' landscape and edifices shift and disappear like smoke. It is critial to a town's history to keep records, both visual and written, so that future generations may come to understand how the town evolved. Many of the photographs were donated to the Library over the years; a number of them have been culled from the Peck family scrapbooks (Mrs. Peck was the first librarian of the Rathbun when it opened in 1935). View of East Haddam from across the CT River near Haddam, before the construction of the bridge (ca. 1913). Ferry Landing, once located at the point where the Swing Bridge and the Goodspeed Opera House are now Maplewood Music Seminary, former homestead of Richard Green. Originally located on the upper landing across from the Champion House, Main Street. An outbreak of malaria in the 1870s brought the demise of the seminary; a fire later in the early 1900s destroyed the building. Old St. Stephen's Church (1880s) before relocation to Main Street Return to the Library Home Page Updated May 17, 2008.