Chesire, Connecticut, 1882 – 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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Chesire, Connecticut, 1882 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: View of Cheshire, Connecticut 1882
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Chesire, Connecticut, 1882
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In 1882, Cheshire, Connecticut, was a farming town in New Haven County, with its village center built around a green and its economy tied to dairy, orchards, and small workshops. The Cheshire Academy, founded in 1794, was the town's best-known institution, and its students and teachers were a visible part of village life. Like many Connecticut towns of the period, Cheshire was watching the slow shift from self-sufficient farming toward manufacturing and rail-linked trade, though it stayed far smaller and quieter than the mill cities of the Naugatuck Valley. Residents of the day would have known the town for its academy, its church spires, and the roads that carried farm produce to New Haven markets.
| Created / published | 1882 |
|---|---|
| Creator | o.h. bailey & co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Chesire, Connecticut, drawn in 1882. 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 | 7,552 × 6,288 px · prints to 25 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Cheshire, Connecticut 1882 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488123 |
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