West Hartford's 'Thursday Throwback' - We-Ha

Test your knowledge of West Hartford history with this ‘Thursday Throwback,’ courtesy of the Noah Webster House and West Hartford Historical Society.

By Ronni Newton

It’s Throwback Thursday, and we have gone several days without an accumulating snow! In honor of that, we have a non-snow photo for today’s throwback.

Courtesy Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society

But first, let’s see what people thought about last week’s image. The photo (see right and in large size below) is of a woman or girl outside a home that has quite a bit of snow on the roof, an assortment of dangerous icicles, and quite possibly some ice dams causing water to run inside the ceilings and walls of her home. The woman’s expression has probably graced many of our faces in recent weeks.

It would be nearly impossible to identify who this was, and where it was taken, so instead we asked for some captions – and we got quite the variety.

“Take the picture already! I need to get out of my school clothes!” suggested Amy Melvin in the comment section of the article.

We had a number of captions posted on our Facebook page as well:

“Calgon take me away!” wrote Lisa Petersen.

“A snowblower, a roof rake, my queendom for a snowblower!” suggested Yisraela Ellyn Yehudit.

We particularly like this one from John Hardy, who admits to “sucking up” just a little bit: “Egads, my Hartford Courant is under all that snow: I should have just relied on We-Ha.com for my West Hartford news updates.”

“Oh My God!!..Look what the snow plow put in the driveway!!….HARRY!! Get out here!!!” suggested John Maloney.

And finally, the witty Rick Liftig has outdone himself, complete with another photo (see right) to accompany the following caption: “Here’s the scene on the other side of the driveway: ‘Sam, stop dreaming about your technicolor world and get back in the house. My black coffee is just as good as Nan’s. And don’t forget, I can read your thoughts.'”

Thanks to everyone for their contributions!

According Assistant Curator/Archivist Sheila Daley, she found last week’s imaget in an album donated years ago by the Johnson family of West Hartford. “It shows a family member outside their snow covered home, looking like we all are beginning to feel. Their home was located on Troutbrook Drive near where it intersects with South Quaker Lane. The album is from the early 1900s,” she said.

Courtesy Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society

A hint for this week’s image (shown at right and in larger size below) is that it was taken in a place in West Hartford Center. Does anyone want to guess where? If not, a caption would be fun, too!

Please share your memories and/or caption ideas below.

Thank you to the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society for providing us with the images. For more information about the organization, visit www.noahwebsterhouse.org.

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