God Cannot Fail, So I Cannot Fail

This beautiful hand drawn map of Connecticut was created in 1857 by Laura Roys, a student who attended Hartford Female Seminary, an all-female academy in Hartford, Connecticut. The map is beautifully colored, with shades of blue, orange, red, pink, yellow, and violet adorning the border of each city and town.

Happiness Affirmation

With these few injunctions and the knowledge I have of your love and affection, and of the dutiful affection of all our children, I bid you a final farewell, until we meet in another and, I trust, a better world. You will find this on my person after my demise.

Historic bird’s eye view of Danbury, Connecticut from 1884

This old map shows Middletown, Connectiicut in the early 20th century.

Historic bird’s eye view of Bethel, Connecticut in 1879

So, Han’s walking down the halls of Bespin with his old friend Lando; Leia’s there, lookin’ good…