Connecticut is a state that has endured a lot of change since it was founded back in 1788. But as time passes and technology and industry advance more and more quickly, we have seen the Nutmeg state grow by leaps and bounds. It’s fun to take a little walk backwards in time and let that feeling of nostalgia wash over you. Take a look at these 1960s photos that show a side of Connecticut that you might remember fondly.

1. A crowd of 6,000 people came to see Senator John F. Kennedy in Bridgeport, Connecticut on November 5, 1960.
Bridgeport Library
2. The Danbury Fair looked much different in the 1960s.
Wikimedia Commons/Dada1960
3. Cars on display at the Connecticut Dragway in 1966.
Flickr/JOHN LLYOD
4. A steamship coming into port in the city of Bridgeport in 1960.
Flickr/David G. Hawkins
5. Students ready to learn at St. Joseph's School in Willimantic in the early 1960s.
Flickr/Vin Crosbie
6. A view of coastal Groton in the background of this 1963 photograph.
Flickr/Vin Crosbie

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7. White Birch Restaurant in Westport during the 1960s before it became John's Best Pizza.
Wikimedia Commons/Unknown
8. A winter snowstorm in 1969 doesn't look much different than the ones we have now.
Flickr/rickpilot_2000
9. Students catching some rays in Clinton during a band trip in 1960.
Flickr/David G. Hawkins
10. Take a look at the chairs at this family picnic of 1968 in Northford.
Flickr/rickpilot_2000
11. Rocky Neck State Park full of beach goers in the late 1960s.
Flickr/John Carew
12. A family picking flowers in a Guilford field during 1967.
Flickr/Kent Kanouse

Did you enjoy browsing these 1960s photos? Do you have any of your own to share? Feel free to post them and your thoughts in the comments section below.

For a little more Connecticut history, check out these photographs taken of the Merritt Parkway construction in the 1930s.

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