Winsted, Connecticut, 1908 – Antique Map Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this antique map of Winsted, Connecticut, 1908. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of Winsted, Connecticut 1908
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Winsted, Connecticut, 1908
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Winsted, Connecticut, in the hilly northwest of the state, was a manufacturing town in 1908, with mills strung along the Mad River and a population that worked in clockmaking, hosiery, and wire goods. The Gilbert Clock Company and the hosiery and wire works gave many families their livelihoods, and the town's factory whistles set the rhythm of its days. Railroad service connected Winsted to Hartford and other markets, so its finished goods reached buyers well beyond the valley. Residents of the period would have known the town first for its industry and its streets of frame houses, churches, and commercial blocks climbing the surrounding slopes. A view drawn at this moment records a community at its productive height, just before the economic shifts of the following decades reshaped New England's mill towns.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | bailey, o. h. (oakley hoopes) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Winsted, Connecticut, drawn in 1908. 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 | 10,912 × 9,824 px · prints to 36 × 33 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Winsted, Connecticut 1908 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488168 |
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