Mystic River, Connecticut, 1879 – 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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A window into the past: Mystic River, Connecticut, 1879, preserved in this antique map. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: View of Mystic River & Mystic Bridge, Conn. 1879
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Mystic River, Connecticut, 1879
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Mystic River, Connecticut, in 1879 was a working harbor village at the head of a tidal river on the state's southeastern shore, where the wooden shipbuilding that had made its name in the mid-19th century was slowing. Shipyards along the river had launched fast clipper ships and schooners for decades, and the Mallory and Greenman yards were names local people knew well. Rail service by then tied the village to New London and the wider New England network, carrying freight and passengers that the river could no longer handle alone. The streets, wharves, and church steeples shown here reflect a community whose livelihood still depended on the tides and on the vessels that came up to its docks.
| Created / published | 1879 |
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| Creator | bailey, o. h. (oakley hoopes), hazen, j. c. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Mystic River, Connecticut, drawn in 1879. 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 | 8,256 × 6,496 px · prints to 28 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Mystic River & Mystic Bridge, Conn. 1879 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488136 |
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