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Addie C. Strong Engle
Addie C. Strong Engle (August 11, 1845 – 1926) was an American author and publisher.
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Al Niemiec
Alfred Joseph Niemiec (May 18, 1911 – October 29, 1995) was an American baseball second basemen and shortstop who played two seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1934 and 1936, for the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Athletics, respectively.
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American Civil War
The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
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Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to three Canadian cities.
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Arcadia Publishing
Arcadia Publishing is an American publisher of neighborhood, local, and regional history of the United States in pictorial form.
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Area codes 203 and 475
Area code 203 is a North American telephone area code that is assigned to the southwestern part of Connecticut, and is overlaid with area code 475.
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Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress, model, and dancer.
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Beau Billingslea
John "Beau" Billingslea (born 1944) is an American actor known as the voice of Jet Black in the popular anime Cowboy Bebop, Ogremon in Digimon and Homura and Ay, the Fourth Raikage in Naruto Shippuden.
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Ben Homer
Ben Homer (born Benjamin Hozer, 27 June 1917, Meriden, Connecticut – 12 February 1975, Los Angeles, California) was an American songwriter, composer and arranger.
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Berlin Turnpike
The Berlin Turnpike is a 4-lane/6-lane divided arterial road carrying U.S. Route 5 and Route 15 through the towns of Meriden, Berlin, Newington, and Wethersfield, Connecticut, United States.
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Besek Mountain
Besek Mountain also known as Black Mountain, est.
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Boston
Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
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Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company
The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company (1852-1940) was formed in Meriden, Connecticut, and over the years produced Art Brass tables, call bells, candlestick holders, clocks, match safes, lamps, architectural grilles, railings, etc.
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Brownstone
Brownstone is a brown Triassic-Jurassic sandstone which was once a popular building material.
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Burgess Meredith
Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American actor, director, producer, and writer.
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Castle Craig
Castle Craig, located on East Peak in the Hanging Hills, is constructed of trap rock and is in height and has a base in circumference.
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Cathole Mountain
Cathole Mountain,, is the lowest peak in the trap rock Hanging Hills of Meriden, Connecticut.
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Centennial Exposition
The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World's Fair in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
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Charles Parker Company
The Charles Parker Company (1832-) was formed in Meriden, Connecticut by Charles Parker, and over the years manufactured products including metalware, Art Brass (now in museums), hardware, lamps, spectacles, and piano stools.
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Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Charlie Pilkington
Charles Francis Pilkington (born September 22, 1897 in New York City), known as Charlie Pilkington and The Meriden Flash, was a professional boxer in the Featherweight division.
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Charlotte J. Sternberg
Charlotte Joan Sternberg (1920-2003) was an American painter.
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Chauncey Peak
Chauncey Peak,, is a traprock mountain located 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the center of Meriden, Connecticut.
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Cheshire Academy
Cheshire Academy is a selective, co-educational college preparatory school located in Cheshire, Connecticut, USA.
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Cheshire, Connecticut
Cheshire, formerly known as New Cheshire Parish, is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
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Choate Rosemary Hall
Choate Rosemary Hall (often known as Choate) is a private, college-preparatory, coeducational, boarding school located in Wallingford, Connecticut.
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Christie's
Christie's is a British auction house.
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City
A city is a large human settlement.
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Connecticut
Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Connecticut Department of Transportation
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (often referred to as CTDOT or ConnDOT) is responsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways in the U.S. state of Connecticut.
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Conrad Henry Moehlman
Conrad Henry Moehlman (May 26, 1879 – September 19, 1961) was an American professor of church history at Colgate Rochester Divinity School, where he was emeritus professor.
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Council–manager government
The council–manager government form is one of two predominant forms of local government in the United States and Ireland, the other being the mayor–council government form.
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Country music
Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.
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Curtis Memorial Library
The Curtis Memorial Library, now the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center, is a historic former library building at 175 East Main Street in Meriden, Connecticut.It was designed by New Haven architect Richard Williams in the Classical Revival style, and was completed in 1903.
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David Jones (director)
David Hugh Jones (19 February 1934 – 19 September 2008) was an English stage, television and film director.
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).
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Dove (toiletries)
Dove is a personal care brand owned by Unilever originating in the United Kingdom.
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East Peak (New Haven County, Connecticut)
East Peak,, is a prominent basalt traprock mountain in the Hanging Hills of Meriden, Connecticut.
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Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.
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Ed Harris
Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter.
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Edward Miller & Co
Edward Miller & Co. (1844-1924) was formed in Meriden, Connecticut and is primarily known as a historical manufacturer of lamps.
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Edwin Howard Armstrong
Edwin Howard Armstrong (December 18, 1890 – February 1, 1954) was an American electrical engineer and inventor, best known for developing FM (frequency modulation) radio and the superheterodyne receiver system.
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Eva Gabor
Eva Gabor (February 11, 1919 – July 4, 1995) was a Hungarian-born American actress, comedian, singer and socialite.
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Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling.
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Federal Information Processing Standards
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.
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FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM) technology.
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Francis T. Maloney High School
Francis T. Maloney High School is a public school located in Meriden, Connecticut.
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Franciscan Brothers of the Eucharist
The Franciscan Brothers of the Eucharist is a Roman Catholic, Franciscan public association of the faithful directed toward becoming a religious institute for men.
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Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist
The Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist (FSE) is a Roman Catholic religious congregation for women.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed.
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Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator.
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Gary Burr
Gary Burr, born in Meriden, Connecticut, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, primarily in the country music genre.
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Gary Waslewski
Gary Lee Waslewski (July 21, 1941, in Meriden, Connecticut) is a former Major League Baseball player who played as a pitcher from 1967 to 1972.
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Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (Municipal Museum) is an art museum in The Hague in the Netherlands, founded in 1866.
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Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.
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Ginger Rogers
Virginia Katherine Rogers (née McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer, and singer.
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Glenn Miller
Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) The website for Arlington National Cemetery refers to Glenn Miller as "missing in action since Dec.
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Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines, Inc., usually shortened to Greyhound, is an intercity bus common carrier serving over 3,800 destinations across North America.
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Handel Company
The Handel Company (1885-1936) was formed in Meriden, Connecticut, and over the years produced lamps and glass designs.
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Hanging Hills
The Hanging Hills of south central Connecticut, United States are a range of mountainous trap rock ridges overlooking the city of Meriden and the Quinnipiac River Valley below.
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Hartford Line
w The Hartford Line is a commuter rail service between New Haven, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut.
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Hubbard Park (Meriden, Connecticut)
Hubbard Park, located in the Hanging Hills of Connecticut, is a wooded, mountainous park located just outside the city center of Meriden, Connecticut.
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International Silver Company
The International Silver Company (1898-1983, stopped making silver), also known as the ISC, was formed in Meriden, Connecticut as a corporation banding together many existing silver companies in the immediate area and beyond.
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Interstate 691
Interstate 691 (abbreviated I-691) is a portion of the Interstate Highway System in Connecticut beginning at Interstate 91 in Meriden and ending at Interstate 84 near the Cheshire-Southington town line.
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Interstate 84 (Pennsylvania–Massachusetts)
Interstate 84 (I-84) is an Interstate Highway in the United States with two non-contiguous sections.
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Interstate 91
Interstate 91 (I-91) is an Interstate Highway in the New England region of the United States.
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Jackie Pilkington
Jackie Pilkington (born in New York City), known as Irish Jackie Pilkington, was a professional boxer in the Lightweight division.
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Jacknife
Jacknife is a 1989 American film directed by David Jones and starring Robert De Niro, Ed Harris and Kathy Baker.
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James Knox Taylor
James Knox Taylor (October 11, 1857 – August 27, 1929) was Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury from 1897 to 1912.
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James Surowiecki
James Michael Surowiecki (born April 30, 1967) is an American journalist.
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Jennifer DiNoia
Jennifer DiNoia (born February 23, 1982) is an American singer and actress.
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Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
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Jimmy Durante
James Francis Durante (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor.
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John Jenkins (defensive tackle)
Johnathan Jenkins (born July 11, 1989) is an American football nose tackle for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL).
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Judy Garland
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American singer, actress, and vaudevillian.
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Kathy Baker
Katherine Whitton Baker (born June 8, 1950) is an American stage, film and television actress.
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Kid Kaplan
Louis Kaplan (born October 15, 1901 in Kiev, Ukraine – October 26, 1970), better known as Kid Kaplan, was a professional boxer in the Featherweight division.
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Kim Hunter
Kim Hunter (born Janet Cole, November 12, 1922 – September 11, 2002) was an American film, theatre, and television actress.
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Lady Randolph Churchill
Jennie Spencer-Churchill (9 January 1854 – 29 June 1921), known as Lady Randolph Churchill, was an American-born British socialite, the wife of Lord Randolph Churchill and the mother of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
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Lamentation Mountain
Lamentation Mountain, or Mount Lamentation,, is a traprock mountain located north of Meriden, Connecticut.
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Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound is a tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean, lying between the eastern shores of Bronx County, New York City, southern Westchester County, and Connecticut to the north, and the North Shore of Long Island, to the south.
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect.
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Manning, Bowman & Co.
The Manning, Bowman & Co. (1849-1945) was formed in Meriden, Connecticut, and over the years produced granite iron and pearl agate ware, electro-silver and nickel-plated ware, britannia and planished goods.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Mattabesett Trail
The Mattabesett Trail is a long, hook-shaped Blue-Blazed hiking trail in central Connecticut and a part of the New England National Scenic Trail.
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McKim, Mead & White
McKim, Mead & White was a prominent American architectural firm that thrived at the turn of the twentieth century.
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Mercy High School (Connecticut)
Mercy High School is a private, Roman Catholic, all-girls high school in Middletown, Connecticut located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich.
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Meriden Britannia Company
The Meriden Britannia Company was formed in 1852 in Meriden, Connecticut as a manufacturing company focused on producing wares in britannia metal.
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Meriden Firearms Co.
The Meriden Firearms Company of Meriden, Connecticut, USA manufactured small arms from 1905 to 1918.
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Meriden Gravure Company
The Meriden Gravure Company (in Meriden, Connecticut, United States, 1888–1989) was founded by Charles Parker and James F. Allen, and continued a previous printing operation by Parker.
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Meriden Linear Trail
The Meriden Linear Trail is a rail trail that follows the original route of the Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut River Railroad through the city of Meriden, Connecticut.
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Meriden Markham Municipal Airport
Meriden Markham Municipal Airport is a public-use airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Meriden, a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
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Meriden, West Midlands
Meriden is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England.
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Metacomet Ridge
The Metacomet Ridge, Metacomet Ridge Mountains, or Metacomet Range of southern New England is a narrow and steep fault-block mountain ridge known for its extensive cliff faces, scenic vistas, microclimate ecosystems, and rare or endangered plants.
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Metacomet Trail
The Metacomet Trail is a Blue-Blazed hiking trail that traverses the Metacomet Ridge of central Connecticut and is a part of the newly designated 'New England National Scenic Trail'.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the United States.
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Michael Thonet
Michael Thonet (2 July 1796 – 3 March 1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of bentwood furniture.
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Middletown, Connecticut
Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, 16 miles (26 km) south of Hartford.
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Miller Company Collection of Abstract Art
The Miller Company Collection of Abstract Art (c. 1945-55) was formed in Meriden, Connecticut as part of the Miller Company.
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Moses Andrews House
The Moses Andrews House is a historic house museum at 424 West Main Street in Meriden, Connecticut.
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Napier Company (jewellery)
The Napier Company is an American jewelry manufacturing company, and was one of the first modern corporations in the United States.
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National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.
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New Britain, Connecticut
New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
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New England city and town area
A New England city and town area (NECTA) is a geographic and statistical entity defined by the U.S. federal government for use in the six-state New England region of the United States.
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New England town
The New England town (generally referred to simply as a town in New England) is the basic unit of local government and local division of state authority in each of the six New England states and without a direct counterpart in most other U.S. states.
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New Haven County, Connecticut
New Haven County is a county in the south central part of the U.S. state of Connecticut.
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New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Connecticut.
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New York City
The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
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New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, commonly known as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated in northeastern United States from 1872 to 1968, dominating the region's rail traffic for the first half of the 20th century.
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O.H. Platt High School
Orville H. Platt High School, commonly called Platt High School, is a public high school located in Meriden, Connecticut.
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Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (December 15, 1907 – December 5, 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer, was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture.
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Per capita income
Per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.
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Peter Pan Bus Lines
Peter Pan Bus Lines is a long-distance/commuter bus carrier headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Philip Dunning
Philip Hart Dunning (December 11, 1889 – July 20, 1968) was a playwright and theatrical producer.
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Philip Johnson
Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect.
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President of the United States
The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Quinnipiac River
For the river from Norwich, CT: Quinebaug River The Quinnipiac River is a U.S. Geological Survey.
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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).
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Rail trail
A rail trail is the conversion of a disused railway track into a multi-use path, typically for walking, cycling and sometimes horse riding and snowmobiling.
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Rail transport
Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.
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Record-Journal
The Record-Journal is an American daily newspaper based in Meriden, Connecticut, that dates back to the years immediately following the American Civil War.
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Remington Arms
Remington Arms Company, LLC is an American manufacturer of firearms and ammunition in the United States.
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Repeating rifle
A repeating rifle, or repeater for short, is a single-barrel rifle capable of repeated discharges following a single ammunition reload, typically by having multiple cartridges stored in a magazine (within or attached to the gun) and then fed into the chamber by the bolt via either a manual or automatic mechanism, while the act of chambering the rifle typically also recocks the action for the following shot.
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Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.
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Right-of-way (transportation)
A right-of-way (ROW) is a right to make a way over a piece of land, usually to and from another piece of land.
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Rob Hyman
Robert Andrew "Rob" Hyman (born April 24, 1950 in Meriden, Connecticut, U.S.) is an American singer, songwriter, keyboard player, accordion player, producer, arranger and recording studio owner, best known for being a founding member of the rock band The Hooters.
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Robert De Niro
Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, producer, and director.
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Rosa Ponselle
Rosa Ponselle (January 22, 1897 – May 25, 1981), was an American operatic soprano with a large, opulent voice.
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Sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments.
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Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Company, colloquially known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1892, reincorporated (a formality for a history-making consumer sector initial public offering) by Richard Sears and new partner Julius Rosenwald in 1906.
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Sentimental Journey (song)
"Sentimental Journey" is a popular song, published in 1944.
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Silver Theater (radio program)
For the television series of the same name, see The Silver Theatre.
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Solomon Goffe House
The Solomon Goffe House is a historic house at 677 North Colony Street in Meriden, Connecticut, United States.
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South Mountain (New Haven County, Connecticut)
South Mountain,, is a prominent traprock peak in the Hanging Hills of Meriden, Connecticut.
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Southington, Connecticut
Southington is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
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Springfield rifle
The term Springfield rifle may refer to any one of several types of small arms produced by the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the United States armed forces.
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Springfield Union Station (Massachusetts)
Springfield Union Station is a train and bus station in the Metro Center area of Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is a city in western New England, and the historical seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Ted's Restaurant
Ted's Restaurant is a hamburger restaurant established in 1959 that is known for its steamed cheeseburger.
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The Hooters
The Hooters are an American rock band from Philadelphia.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.
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The Record (Bergen County)
The Record (colloquially called The Bergen Record or The Record of Hackensack) is a newspaper in North Jersey, United States.
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The Silver Theatre
The Silver Theatre is a television series that was broadcast on the CBS television network from 1949 to 1950.
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Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany & Company (known colloquially as Tiffany or Tiffany's) is an American luxury jewelry and specialty retailer, headquartered in New York City.
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Tomie dePaola
Thomas Anthony "Tomie" dePaola (born September 15, 1934) is an American writer and illustrator who has created more than 260 children's books such as Strega Nona.
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Trap rock
Trap rock, also known as either trapp or trap, is any dark-colored, fine-grained, non-granitic intrusive or extrusive igneous rock.
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U.S. Route 5
U.S. Route 5 (US 5) is a north–south United States highway running through the New England states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont.
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U.S. state
A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.
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Union (American Civil War)
During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States of America and specifically to the national government of President Abraham Lincoln and the 20 free states, as well as 4 border and slave states (some with split governments and troops sent both north and south) that supported it.
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Union Station (New Haven)
Union Station, also known as New Haven Railroad Station or simply New Haven, is the main railroad passenger station in New Haven, Connecticut.
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United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.
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United States Post Office–Meriden Main
The U.S. Post Office-Meriden Main, also known as Meriden Main Post Office, is located at 89 North Colony Street in Meriden, Connecticut.
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Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Upper Saddle River is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
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Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Vincent Lamberti
Vincent Lamberti (c. 1927/1928 - March 21, 2014) was an American chemist and inventor, who held 118 granted patents, and is best known as the inventor of Dove soap.
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Wadsworth Atheneum
The Wadsworth Atheneum is an art museum located in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Wallingford, Connecticut
Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
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Walter Gropius
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture.
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Waterbury, Connecticut
Waterbury (nicknamed "The Brass City") is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut on the Naugatuck River, 33 miles southwest of Hartford and 77 miles northeast of New York City.
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West Peak (New Haven County, Connecticut)
West Peak,, of the Hanging Hills, is the highest traprock peak in the state of Connecticut.
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Westfield Meriden
Westfield Meriden, originally the Meriden Square Mall, and later Westfield Shoppingtown Meriden, is a shopping mall located in Meriden, Connecticut.
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Wilbur Cross Parkway
The Wilbur Cross Parkway is a limited access road in Connecticut, comprising the portion of Route 15 between Milford and Meriden.
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Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
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Xavier High School (Connecticut)
Xavier High School is an all-boys college preparatory Catholic high school run by the Xaverian Brothers.
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Yalesville, Connecticut
Yalesville is an unincorporated community in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
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2010 United States Census
The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriden,_Connecticut