CT Manchester 1914 MAP – 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: CT Manchester 1914 MAP, preserved in this antique map. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Aero view of Manchester, Connecticut 1914
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CT Manchester 1914 MAP
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Manchester, Connecticut, is the subject of this 1914 bird's-eye panorama, drawn by the firm Hughes & Bailey. The Cheney Brothers silk mills, which shaped the town's economy and the village of South Manchester for generations, are the sort of landmark such views were meant to show. Panoramic maps like this were drawn from an imagined high vantage point, so streets, buildings and rail lines appear in recognizable perspective rather than flat plan. Their value today lies in capturing a town at one moment, with its layout and industry visible before later changes.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Creator | hughes & bailey |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 5,789 × 4,168 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Aero view of Manchester, Connecticut 1914 |
| Reference | Ct-Manchester-1914 |
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