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An inside glimpse of Yale University
[wzslider autoplay=”true” interval=”6000″ height=”750″ lightbox=”true”]Cheryl and I attended a “photography meet up” held by Milford Photo, mid April, at the Yale University Campus. It was a brief hour and a half guided tour which took us through some of the interior parts of the campus that we would otherwise not have access to. After another grueling Connecticut winter we were fortunate to have a gorgeous spring day. The sun was too harsh for optimal photography, (casting unwanted shadows), none the less we had a blast and certainly made the best of the conditions. We had a small group of about (30) of us. The nice part was we were not constricted…
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Yale Art Gallery
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”] Hours and Costs: Free and Open to the Public 1111 Chapel Street (at York Street) Tuesday–Friday 10:00 am–5:00 pm Thursday until 8:00 pm (Sept–June) Saturday-Sunday 11:00 am-5:00 pm Closed Mondays and major holidays Museum Information: General and program information 203.432.0600 Group and school tours 203.436.8827 Membership 203.432.9658 Bookstore 203.432.0601 Access: An entrance for persons using wheelchairs is located at 1111 Chapel Street. For information call 203.432.0606. What a gem of a museum that sit’s in the heart of New Haven, CT. This is, by far, the most professional and well orchestrated museum that I’ve been in since visiting the Smithsonian. This should come as no…
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New Haven Green
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”] Burial Ground or downtown green? How about both. New Haven, CT”s downtown green consisting of the lower and upper halves reportedly has between 5,000 and 10,000 buried bodies. The plaque, shown to the left, is on the back of historic Center Church. The church is built on pillars to allow for the headstones to remain in tact. There are several hundred visible graves. As for the green itself it was the communities active burial ground from the time New Haven was founded in 1638 until bout 150 years later. At that time the time the majority of headstones were moved to Grove Cemetary but the remains…
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Secret Societies of Yale University
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”]SKULL & BONES. Cheryl and I decided to venture down to New Haven, CT and photograph the meeting places of the most well known secret societies of Yale’s University. They are, in order of prominence, Skull and Bones, Scroll and Keys, Wolf’s Head. Skull and Bones was founded in 1832. Members of some of Yales better known debating societies were in a dispute and decided to begin their own society.Shown to the left is the meeting place, (typically Tuesday and Thursday evenings), of Bonesmen at the Tomb since being built in 1856. A second wing was added in 1903 and a “gothic” tower was added in 1911…
