Howlett's Bridge over the East River on Clapboard Hill, 1885.

Howlett's Bridge over the East River on Clapboard Hill, 1885.

Howlett's Bridge in the Clapboard Hill area. Photo includes homes of Eli Dudley and M. G. Cornell. According to "Guilford Long Ago" this is the oldest known photo of this area, "Note the railing along the 'rickety' wooden bridge; the dirt rutted road; the unusually open countryside; the present home of the Conovers and home of Williams."

Guilford (Conn.)
Clapboard Hill (Guilford, Conn.)
Bridges -- Connecticut -- Guilford

Edith B. Nettleton Historical Room Collection

Guilford Free Library

1885

Call Number: 19 n (2 copies), 19 h

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b/w photo
copy 1: 3.5" x 3.25"
Copy 2: 10" x 8"