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The John Brown Birthplace By David Ross Bennett
$20.00Illustrated with 20 photographs
Hard cover, 49 pages
This well-researched book describes the colorful history of the house and property where the abolitionist John Brown was born on May 9,1800. It is a case study of memorializing an important historic site and how different generations approached that challenge with varying degrees of success.
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Gertrude Fyler Hotchkiss By David Ross Bennett
$20.00Illustrated with 19 photographs
Soft cover, 55 pages
An entertaining book about the life of Gertrude Fyler Hotchkiss, who donated her home for use as a museum by the historical society. It is the story of a woman whose life spanned nearly a century and who had to handle the changes of a fast- moving American scene.
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Pursuit of Precision: Hendey Machine Tools
$10.004 color, 18″ x 24″
Based on a 1930’s Hendey Machine Tool catalog cover
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John Brown Poster
$10.004 color, 18″ x 28″
Produced in conjunction with a museum exhibit, this poster features image #2 from the
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The Formative Years, The Growth Years, The Annealing Years
$15.003-volume history of Torrington, Bess and Merrill Bailey, 1976, 439 pages, soft cover
A concise history of Torrington which encompasses events through 1976. The first two volumes largely summarize Orcutt’s history of Torrington. The later part of volume two and all of volume three contain original research on late nineteenth and twentieth century Torrington.
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History of Torrington Connecticut
$30.00Rev. Samuel Orcutt, 1878
Reprint, 1990, 817 pages, hardcover
The most comprehensive study of early Torrington’s history
33 illustrations
328 pages of biography
182 pages of genealogy. -
Erastus Hodges 1781 – 1847 Connecticut Manufacturer, Merchant & Entrepreneur
$30.00An important book about Torrington’s cheese, wooden clock and brass industries as told by Theodore B. Hodges, PhD. This is a story of the early 19th century shift from an agricultural economy to an industrial one and the role that traveling peddlers played in this process.
The book is based on the original account books and letters of Erastus Hodges of Torrington, which are now in the archives of the Torrington Historical Society.
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Pursuit of Precision – DVD
$20.00ZeeLand Productions, 2003
This 60-minute documentary film about the history of the Hendey Machine Company, uses historical photographs interlaced with personal histories.
The dvd also includes a short home movie shot in the Hendey factory in 1934 and oral history interviews with former Hendey employees.
Produced, written and directed by John Long, ZeeLand Productions.
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A Christmas Village Story – DVD
$20.00Zeeland Productions, 2014
This 63-minute documentary film about the history of Torrington’s famous holiday attraction “Christmas Village” uses historical photographs interlaced with personal histories.
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The John Brown Birthplace By David Ross Bennett
$20.00Illustrated with 20 photographs
Hard cover, 49 pages
This well-researched book describes the colorful history of the house and property where the abolitionist John Brown was born on May 9,1800. It is a case study of memorializing an important historic site and how different generations approached that challenge with varying degrees of success.
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Gertrude Fyler Hotchkiss By David Ross Bennett
$20.00Illustrated with 19 photographs
Soft cover, 55 pages
An entertaining book about the life of Gertrude Fyler Hotchkiss, who donated her home for use as a museum by the historical society. It is the story of a woman whose life spanned nearly a century and who had to handle the changes of a fast- moving American scene.
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Pursuit of Precision: Hendey Machine Tools
$10.004 color, 18″ x 24″
Based on a 1930’s Hendey Machine Tool catalog cover
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John Brown Poster
$10.004 color, 18″ x 28″
Produced in conjunction with a museum exhibit, this poster features image #2 from the
Jacob Lawrence screenprint series: The Legend of John Brown. -
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The Formative Years, The Growth Years, The Annealing Years
$15.003-volume history of Torrington, Bess and Merrill Bailey, 1976, 439 pages, soft cover
A concise history of Torrington which encompasses events through 1976. The first two volumes largely summarize Orcutt’s history of Torrington. The later part of volume two and all of volume three contain original research on late nineteenth and twentieth century Torrington.
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History of Torrington Connecticut
$30.00Rev. Samuel Orcutt, 1878
Reprint, 1990, 817 pages, hardcover
The most comprehensive study of early Torrington’s history
33 illustrations
328 pages of biography
182 pages of genealogy. -
Erastus Hodges 1781 – 1847 Connecticut Manufacturer, Merchant & Entrepreneur
$30.00An important book about Torrington’s cheese, wooden clock and brass industries as told by Theodore B. Hodges, PhD. This is a story of the early 19th century shift from an agricultural economy to an industrial one and the role that traveling peddlers played in this process.
The book is based on the original account books and letters of Erastus Hodges of Torrington, which are now in the archives of the Torrington Historical Society.
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Pursuit of Precision – DVD
$20.00ZeeLand Productions, 2003
This 60-minute documentary film about the history of the Hendey Machine Company, uses historical photographs interlaced with personal histories.
The dvd also includes a short home movie shot in the Hendey factory in 1934 and oral history interviews with former Hendey employees.
Produced, written and directed by John Long, ZeeLand Productions.
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A Christmas Village Story – DVD
$20.00Zeeland Productions, 2014
This 63-minute documentary film about the history of Torrington’s famous holiday attraction “Christmas Village” uses historical photographs interlaced with personal histories.
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