This week's "Turnback Tuesday" features the Derby Public Library’s copy of the half-painted portrait of George Washington.
Gilbert Stuart was commissioned by Martha Washington in 1796 to paint both her and her husband.
In the course of painting, George Washington passed away and Stuart never started to paint Martha. This likeness of George was used on the dollar bill for more than a century.
Copies of this painting have been found hanging in schools across America. #turnbacktuesday
A big thank you goes to the Derby Public Library for sharing interesting history each week!
A photographer friend who lives in Seymour correctly identified the mystery photo that I published Sunday.
He left his response on my Facebook page.
This interesting sculpture:
sits on Basement Systems' property in Silvermine Industrial Park in Seymour.
Mystery solved.
The Gen. David Humphreys House, 37 Elm St., Ansonia.
DERBY - The Ansonia-based Derby Historical Society will hold its annual meeting at 2 p.m. March 11 (snow date March 18) at First Congregational Church, 137 Derby Ave.
Sharing information from the society's Facebook page:
"The meeting will begin with a brief business portion to elect our Officers and Board of Directors followed by an update on our Restoration Project of the General David Humphreys House & Museum.
"The General David Humphreys House is our link to the American Revolution. It serves as our home base for many public events and our award-winning “A Day in 1762,” a hands-on colonial history educational program for students in the Valley towns and beyond.
"Our presenter this year is author Robert Hubbard, who just finished a biography of Israel Putnam, based on the original biography of Putnam by David Humphreys. Mr. Hubbard will present and discuss his book with our guests."
Neighborhood cat basks in the morning sun.
He/she was about 50 yards away. Plus I had the camera on the wrong setting. Woops.
That's all I got right now. It's always therapeutic to take photos of my world just outside the window.
OK, back to work!
DERBY - Derby Neck Library will present a powerpoint lecture, “Connecticut and Valley Suffragists” by reference librarian and historian Pat Sweeney at 6:30 p.m. March 5.
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CT. State Archives photo
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March is National Women's History Month.
This presentation focuses on the Connecticut women, including those in the Valley, and library donor Frances Osborne Kellogg, who worked in the crucial decade, 1910-1920, to win the vote for women.
Extensive research and period photos highlight this lecture.
No registration is required. The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave. For details call 203-734-1492.
This is a press release from Derby Neck Library.
