| Description |
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
Videorecording presentation of still image slides. The first program primarily draws from the collection at the Windsor Historical Society. The source of the slides in the second and third programs is not known. The third program contains live action. |
| Contents |
Windsor 1633-1983 (ca. 42 min.) / narrated by Bill Robinson -- A historical look at Windsor (ca. 38 min.) / narrated by Dawn Maddox -- Windsor, exploring Connecticut's oldest town (19 min.). |
| Summary |
Windsor 1633-1983 is an illustrated narrative of Windsor's cultural and social conditions during the period 1633-1983, with historical references to: The Plymouth Trading Post; Francis Stiles and the Plymouth and Dorcester Group; the Pequot War; the Palisade and fort; Puritan life and customs; agrarian development; Native Americans and the sale of their ancestral land; convictions related to witchcraft; the death of John Fitch; the local shipbuilding industry (1724-1874); the Underground Railroad; slavery among dock workers; how bridge building difficulties affected community development; the espionage activities of Daniel Bissell; Windsor's development as an affluent community; the use of the "Great Drain" to prevent flooding; how taverns serviced the shipping industry; the rise of steamboat traffic on the river; the introduction of broad leaf tobacco; the arrival of the railroad; the brick making industry; a portrait of Nancy Toney, an enslaved woman in the Loomis household; the mill industry in Poquonock; an aerial photograph captured by a balloonist in 1895; seances held at St. Casimir's by Lydia Thrall; Amy Archer Gilligan's serial killing of elderly in her care; the cannery industry; how trolley transportation impacted the community; horse and auto racing at Sage Park; flooding in 1936,1938 and 1955; the opening of the Loomis School in 1914; construction of interstate I-91; natural disaster created by the tornado of 1979; expanding suburbia in 1983. |
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A historical look at Windsor is a slide program created and presented by Dawn Maddox, Deputy State Historical Preservation Officer for the State of Connecticut in 1983, a professional architectural historian. It touches on virtually every historically significant architectural style in the town's history with examples including the houses of the following families: Moore, Phelps, Loomis, Ellsworth, Mather, Hooker, Allen, Chapman, Hayden, Chaffee, Fyler, Holcomb, Bissell, Mills, Sill, and the First Church as well as the building/restaurant known as the Windsor House. Also includes references to other churches, commercial buildings, bridges, and barns and agricultural buildings. |
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Windsor, exploring Connecticut's oldest town was created to promote tourism in Windsor circa 1986 and showcases the towns shops, restaurants, churches, libraries, municipal facilities, and historic monuments. Also included are the Fyler House, First Church and the Oliver Ellsworth Homestead. |
| Funding |
First program was produced for the Windsor Historical Society through an appropriation from the John Luddy Fund. |
| Subject |
Windsor Historic District (Windsor, Conn.)
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Windsor (Conn.) -- History.
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Windsor (Conn.) -- Social life and customs.
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Historic buildings -- Connecticut -- Windsor.
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Architecture, Domestic -- Connecticut -- Windsor.
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Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Connecticut -- Windsor.
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| Added Author |
Robinson, William F., narrator.
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Wilson, Peter, director.
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Container of (work) : Maddox, Dawn.
Historical look at Windsor.
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Container of (work) : Carson, John.
Windsor, exploring Connecticut's oldest town.
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WIN-TV (Windsor, Conn.)
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Windsor Historical Society (Windsor, Conn.)
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