Meriden, Connecticut, 1918 – 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 Meriden, Connecticut, 1918 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Aero view of Meriden, Connecticut 1918
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Meriden, Connecticut, 1918
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Meriden, Connecticut, in 1918 was a manufacturing city widely known as the Silver City for its many silverware and metalware firms. The International Silver Company, formed in 1898 from a merger of several Connecticut silver makers, had its headquarters in Meriden, and its factories and the smaller shops around them employed a large share of the working population. Railroad lines through the city carried finished goods and raw metal to markets across the Northeast. The year also brought the First World War, with local plants turning toward wartime orders and families sending sons overseas, while the influenza outbreak that autumn disrupted daily life across Connecticut. Residents would have known their city first by its factory whistles and the silver trade that shaped its streets.
| Created / published | 1918 |
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| Creator | hughes & bailey, fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Meriden, Connecticut, drawn in 1918. 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 | 11,616 × 7,680 px · prints to 39 × 26 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Aero view of Meriden, Connecticut 1918 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488134 |
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