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Betty Lou Williams assumes the role of executive director of the Willimantic Redevelopment Agency, in charge of overseeing the acquisition, demolition, and reconstruction of downtown. She acquired the nickname "Bulldozer Betty" from her record of…

Betty Lou Williams resigns from the Willimantic Redevelopment Agency after overseeing the dismantling of ten acres of downtown. Her plans for a renewed Willimantic have not been realized.

Color postcard of Willimantic, Ct. Looking North east from top of New Chimney.

Color postcard of Willimantic, Ct. Looking North west from top of New Chimney.

Black and white postcard of the Willimantic, Ct. Looking South East from top of New Chimney.

Color postcard of Willimantic, Ct. Looking South West from top of New Chimney.

This photograph is a birds-eye view of Willimantic

Austin Cornelius Dunham, eventual Windham Linen Company president, is born in South Coventry, Connecticut.

Black and white photograph of Dr. Keating with Nurse Ryan and Frank Brooke, the cook. They worked in the isolation hospital hospital during the summer of 1912.

Black and white photograph of the Bijou Theater, date unknown