Stafford Springs, Connecticut, 1878 – Historic Map Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique map captures Stafford Springs, Connecticut, 1878 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: View of Stafford Springs, Conn. 1878
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Stafford Springs, Connecticut, 1878
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Stafford Springs, Connecticut, in 1878 was a mill village in the hill country of Tolland County, where the mineral springs that gave the town its name drew summer visitors seeking the waters. Its economy rested mainly on woolen and textile manufacturing along the streams that powered the mills, and many workers and their families lived in houses clustered close to the factories. The region was still recovering from the Panic of 1873, which had slowed mill orders and pressed many New England manufacturers to cut wages and hours. Residents would have known the town as a quiet place of spring water, mills, and churches, its rhythms set as much by the mill whistle as by the visitors who came to take the cure.
| Created / published | 1878 |
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| Creator | o.h. bailey & co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Stafford Springs, Connecticut, drawn in 1878. Bird's-eye view maps were drawn by travelling artists who walked a town street by street, sketching every building from an imagined vantage point in the air, then sold the finished lithograph door to door by subscription. Roughly five thousand American towns were recorded this way between the 1860s and the 1920s, and for many of them the panoramic map is the most complete picture of the place that survives. Reproduced from the original in the Library of Congress collections. Printed to order on archival paper. Free shipping on all US orders. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Connecticut |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,760 × 6,448 px · prints to 26 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Stafford Springs, Conn. 1878 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488154 |
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