Made In New Haven

04/28/2023

I’m ready to support Lost in New Haven Inc. on May 3, 2023 during The Great Give. Learn more about Lost in New Haven Inc. and all the other organizations participating in The Great Give.

12/11/2022

A carefully curated collection of artifacts that help tell New Haven’s story — from the iconic red door that beckoned hamburger aficionados to Louis’ Lunch, to the first pedal bicycle invented in 1864 by Pierre Lallement — is slated to make its public debut next spring. New Haven native, art...

03/18/2021

'Lost in New Haven' memorabilia moving into new home, announcement coming in June

It’s New Haven’s biggest lost and found! Take a look at the Elm City’s largest collection of memorabilia called “Lost In New Haven.”

12/01/2020

Soon, you will be able to find an amazing new location where you can get Lost in New Haven again. Details will be posted.

Billed as “an adventure into the Elm City’s Cabinet of Curiosities,” around 35 tourgoers braved rainy conditions to attend a second, sold-out visit to New Haven’s newest depot of historic...

11/22/2020

President John F. Kennedy 1917-1963 🇺🇸

Produced by Robert S. Greenberg Items in this video may not be reproduced without permission.

11/21/2020

YALE Bowl. Another New Haven first, featured the opening “Game” November 21st, 1914

  Today in 1914, over 68,000 fans gathered in the largest sports arena the world had ever seen to watch Yale University’s football team lose to Harvard in a 30 – 0 shutout in the f…

03/07/2020

One of New Haven's most famous historic sites, The Judges Cave.
History, Made in New Haven.

  Soon after the then-separate Connecticut and New Haven colonies were established in the 1630s, their country of origin, England, was thrown into a long and brutal civil war pitting English P…

02/21/2020

The World's First Phone Book, Made in New Haven!

  Thanks to Connecticut inventor and innovator George Coy, the city of New Haven can lay claim to a number of “firsts” related to the early development of the telephone. Within two…

02/14/2020

William Lanson's great Long Wharf stone wall is still visible at low tide at the end of the pier. "Made in New Haven" in the 1810s!

The life of this savvy businessman illustrates the possibilities—and limits—urban Connecticut presented to African Americans in the early 1800s.

02/12/2020

Beautiful one of a kind golden jewelry...
Artist Alexis Gage's unique treasures are always
Made in New Haven!

R ocks and foil wrappers were among Alexis Gage’s favorite playthings as a child. Decades later, she still plays with solid and shiny things, only now she uses a blowtorch. Gage’s business card identifies her simply as a “goldsmith,” but she’s also a designer, certified gemologist and reta...

02/05/2020

Here's to Sgt. Stubby, Made in New Haven!

  Today in 1918, an unlikely future war hero in the shape of a small, short-tailed puppy arrived at the front lines in France alongside the 102d Regiment of the Yankee Division, a unit of most…

01/23/2020

A Pie tin from Bridgeport made famous by Yale students... Becomes an iconic toy.

In 1871, a Civil War veteran and baker by the name of William Russell Frisbie opened the Frisbie Pie Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut, later building a large factory on the city’s east side…