Essex, Connecticut, 1881 – 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 Essex, Connecticut, 1881 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: View of Essex, Centerbrook & Ivoryton, Conn. 1881
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Essex, Connecticut, 1881
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Essex, Connecticut, in 1881 was a river town on the lower Connecticut River, where shipbuilding and river trade gave the village much of its working life. Shipyards along the waterfront turned out schooners and other vessels, and cargo and passengers moved on the river at landings close to the village center. Nearby, the ivory works at Ivoryton and other small manufacturers drew workers from surrounding farms and fishing households, and the town's Congregational and other churches, schools, and civic societies shaped daily routines. Like many New England villages of the period, Essex was a place where people knew one another by trade and by family, and where the river's tides, weather, and seasonal shad runs set the rhythm of the year.
| Created / published | 1881 |
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| Creator | o.h. bailey & co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Essex, Connecticut, drawn in 1881. 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 | 8,176 × 6,400 px · prints to 27 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Essex, Centerbrook & Ivoryton, Conn. 1881 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488129 |
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