Photo Connecticut: No, it’s not the bicentennial

ENFIELD, CT — This week’s Picture Connecticut feature isn’t a look back at the Bicentennial.

The photo was taken earlier this week on a state highway in northern Connecticut, near the Massachusetts border.

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It is a 1976 AMC Gremlin that is being raffled off to benefit St. Joseph Residence, a home for needy seniors on Route 5 in Enfield.

The draw will take place on November 1st.

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Picture Connecticut is a weekly series featuring images of the state, past and present.

Here are some old pictures:

2024

  • Hole 4, Fox Hopyard Golf Club, East Haddam.

  • That’s a tall Uncle Sam, Vernon

  • A CT Olympic Connection, Manchester

  • Fireworks, Behind the Scenes, Vernon

  • A walk along the river, Hockanum River

  • The 29th Connecticut Monument, New Haven

  • Hangin’ in the hangar, Windsor Locks

  • The Little Drummer, Bridgeport

  • The 14th Connecticut, Gettysburg

  • A sculpture for a famous sculptor, West Hartford

  • The attack of the flamingos, everywhere

  • Historic tower turns red, Vernon

  • Eagle Rock, Hebron

  • The Circus, Hartford

  • The Amerbelle Overflow, Rockville

  • The ECSU Gallery, Willimantic

  • Great Captain’s Island, Greenwich

  • Bobblehead Madness, Storrs

  • Bobby Sands/Hunger Strike Memorial, Hartford

  • Mister Jonathan goes to Hartford, Hartford

  • The newest low-cost airline, New Haven

  • State Groundhog Arrested, Manchester

  • Historical Wartime Sutures, Willington

  • Big Business Week in CT, statewide

  • The Marketplace at Guilford Food Center Guilford

  • Main Street at Night, Middletown

  • The Hide and Seek Bear, Tolland

  • The MLK Mural, Manchester

  • The summit of Mount Southington, Southington

2023

  • All faiths come together in Town Park, Vernon

  • Igloos on the River, Milford

  • The TPC Pro Shop, Cromwell

  • The Santa House, North Pole, uh, Northern Connecticut

  • Mile 4 Funnel, Manchester Road Race, Manchester

  • UConn Lacrosse Gives Back, Connecticut River Valley

  • The Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 3, Hartford

  • The Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 2, Hartford

  • The Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 1, Hartford

  • The Doughboy, East Hartford

  • The Walt Whitman Stone, West Hartford

  • The Indoor Bush Plane, Hartford County

  • The Big Pink Chair, Ellington

  • The Notch, Granby

  • The CT 9/11 Memorial, Westport

  • Vintage petrol pump, Somers

  • Tobacco Harvest, East Windsor

  • Late afternoon, Lakeside, Coventry

  • Fogarea, New Haven County

  • Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens, Washington Depot

  • Connecticut River Police Boat, Rocky Hill

  • The first dentist, Windsor

  • The Frog Bridge, Willimantic

  • The World War Bridge Rapids, Putnam

  • The Peeping Cow, Tolland County

  • The Ivy Lacrosse Tournament, New Canaan

  • The runway at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks

  • The Underground Railroad, Unionville

  • The Cow Carousel, Ellington

  • Charles Island, Milford

  • State Veterans Cemetery, Middletown

  • Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Ferry, Glastonbury/Rocky Hill

  • The old county jail, Tolland

  • Andover
  • The Sunken Garden, Farmington

  • Lafayette Tour Monument, Vernon

  • The Pinchot Plane Tree, Simsbury

  • Bob’s Discount Furniture Studios, Manchester

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