In The Watches of the Night: Life in the Nocturnal City, 1820-1930
Torrington Historical Society 192 Main Street, Torrington, CTIn the Watches of the Night: Life in the Nocturnal City, 1820-1930. Presenter - Professor Peter C. Baldwin, Department of History, University of Connecticut Before skyscrapers and streetlights glowed at all hours, American cities fell into inky blackness with each setting of the sun. But over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, […]
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