Putnam, Connecticut, 1877 – 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 antique map of Putnam, Connecticut, 1877 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: View of Putnam, Conn. 1877
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Putnam, Connecticut, 1877
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Putnam, Connecticut, in 1877 was a mill town on the Quinebaug River in Windham County, where water power drove textile mills that had grown up along the banks for decades. The Norwich and Worcester Railroad ran through the town, carrying cloth and goods between the factories and larger New England markets. Many mill families were immigrants, and their churches, schools and social clubs shaped daily life as much as the work did. The town took its name from Israel Putnam, the Revolutionary War general whose farm lay nearby in Pomfret, and residents still took pride in that connection. The mill yards, boardinghouses and downtown streets of the period were the features that local people would have recognized first.
| Created / published | 1877 |
|---|---|
| Creator | j. knauber & co, c.h. vogt (firm), o.h. bailey & co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Putnam, Connecticut, drawn in 1877. 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 | 8,192 × 6,528 px · prints to 27 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Putnam, Conn. 1877 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488148 |
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