PHOTOS: Downtown New Canaan in the 1950s

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Downtown New Canaan—1950s
Downtown New Canaan—1950s
Main Street looking north below Elm Street shows the varied facades of old and new buildings. New parking lot is just off to left of picture. Photo courtesy of the New Canaan Historical Society
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Though scores of businesses have opened and closed in New Canaan storefronts through the decades, the buildings that have housed them in many cases have been preserved through the years. The photo gallery above, depicting the downtown from several different angles in the 1950s, was compiled with help from the New Canaan Historical Society.

3 thoughts on “PHOTOS: Downtown New Canaan in the 1950s

    • Thanks Jim—we saw that, too, so let’s call it ’60s for that photo. Syd was a great photographer and he wasn’t particularly inclined to label his photos straightaway or accurately later on, which I’m sure is why the Historical Society has it marked as it does.

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