In 1958, CBT was pushing the cutting-edge Connecticut Charge Card!
Click here to be taken to filmstrip jigsaw puzzle.
Click here to be taken to the other puzzle.
Click here to be taken to filmstrip jigsaw puzzle.
Click here to be taken to the other puzzle.
This puzzle is an image of a collage of photos, taken by Mary-Ellen Welch, from our Colchester library memorabilia exhibit some years ago.
Click anywhere on this line to be taken to the puzzle.
Click anywhere on this line to be taken to the puzzle.
Captain Kangaroo! He left a lot of warm memories from his show that began in 1955 and ended in 1984. Bob Keeshan started on the Howdy Duty show. He was born in 1927 in New York to Irish immigrants. He lived in Windsor, Vermont in retirement.
The cast puzzle can be accessed by clicking this line.
The puzzle of the color photo of Bob Keeshan can be accessed by clicking this line.
The cast puzzle can be accessed by clicking this line.
The puzzle of the color photo of Bob Keeshan can be accessed by clicking this line.
1969!! Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin follow President Kennedy's dream to go to the moon. We watched Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon in awe.
Enjoy the memories and these puzzles.
Link to the three astronauts: jigex.com/Q2c5d
Link to the incredible moon walk: jigex.com/aErP2
Photo credit to Life book Through the Sixties, copyright 1989, funded by UTC
Enjoy the memories and these puzzles.
Link to the three astronauts: jigex.com/Q2c5d
Link to the incredible moon walk: jigex.com/aErP2
Photo credit to Life book Through the Sixties, copyright 1989, funded by UTC
It was 1966 and CBT was going strong. Our two puzzles this week came from 1966. Click on one of the lines below to be taken to each puzzle. Then come back and try the other puzzle!
"CBT COMMUNICATOR", 1966
BATMAN, 1966
"CBT COMMUNICATOR", 1966
BATMAN, 1966
Here is an image from Burlington, Vermont for our members who live up that way. It is set up with just 20 pieces. You can change the number of pieces on the linked page.
Click this line to be taken to the puzzle!
Click this line to be taken to the puzzle!
THE PHOENIX LIONS! These are still on display, on the south side of the Hartford City Hall building, still handsome.
Click here to go to the puzzle. Remember to click the "OK" button on the puzzle page to activate the pieces so you can drag them around.
Also, just a note that YOU can change the number of pieces you wish to have on your screen! Just click the box of tiny white squares to the far left of the "OK" button and you'll have your choice of the number of puzzle pieces you want. (See picture of this below the Lions.)
(THERE ARE MANY FEWER PIECES -- 25 -- IN THE FIRST PUZZLE BELOW, SO IT MAY BE EASIER TO START WITH THAT ONE. DIRECTIONS FOR ANY PUZZLE ARE AFTER THE SECOND PUZZLE WITH THE SCENE OF DOWNTOWN HARTFORD.
CLICK THIS LINK FOR "THE COMMUNICATOR" PUZZLE
CLICK THIS LINK FOR "THE COMMUNICATOR" PUZZLE
CLICK THIS LINK TO MAKE THIS JIGSAW PUZZLE!
If you've never made an online jigsaw puzzle, the steps you take are below this puzzle image.
1. Click on the line shown above that says, "Click this link to make the jigsaw puzzle!" That will bring up this page, below. Now you are in the jigsaw puzzle.
Next, click on the "OK" to activate the puzzle pieces, so you can move them around. Now the puzzle will look like this:
You are ready to begin dragging the ;pieces around to make the puzzle! Just put your cursor on a piece and hold down the left click on it (A "cursor" is usually a hand or arrow that you move with your mouse or touch pad.) Now you can drag the pieces around where you want them to be. When two pieces fit into each other, release the cursor and the pieces will click into place. All puzzle pieces are positioned so their top edges are up; unlike physical puzzle pieces, you don't have to turn them around. You can practice getting used to the click-on-a-piece, drag it, and drop it by arranging the border pieces first. Here is how it might look when you begin to drag pieces around by holding down the cursor:
