According to the East Haven Photo Album index, this photograph is titled: Main Street Facing West About 1945.
I found the photo a bit of a puzzle. Christ Church at 304 Main Street is clearly seen on the left. The store in the foreground appears to have the word "Clothes" at the top of the building. However, I could not make out the remaining names of the stores going toward the Church, nor could I effectively match up store names with the City Directory though I looked through a number of years from the 1940's and 1950's.
The 1944-1945 Directory contains the following listings:
304 Christ Episcopal Church
308 Economy Meat Market
309 Concelmo Shoe Repair
East Haven Cleaners
Messina F W barber
310 Thompson Milton L
McMahon W E
311 Concelmo Anthony
Confrey Richard F
DeLucia T tires
314 Taylor Ave ends
Any help in identifying the stores is welcome!
