Plainville, Connecticut, 1878 – Antique Wall Map
(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 rare antique map captures Plainville, Connecticut, 1878 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Plainville, Connecticut 1878
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Plainville, Connecticut, 1878
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Plainville, Connecticut, in 1878 was a small manufacturing community in the central part of the state, set in the valley between Hartford and New Britain. It had only recently become its own town, having separated from Farmington in 1869, and its economy rested on the shops, mills, and factories that Connecticut's Yankee manufacturers had been building since the early nineteenth century. The country was still recovering from the Panic of 1873, a severe depression that had idled many mills and left workers and small firms uncertain of their next season of orders. Residents of the day would have known Plainville through its churches, schools, and the rail connections that carried goods and commuters to the larger cities nearby.
| Created / published | 1878 |
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| Creator | hazen, j. c., c.h. vogt (firm), bailey, o. h. (oakley hoopes) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Plainville, Connecticut, drawn in 1878. 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 | 8,352 × 6,352 px · prints to 28 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Plainville, Connecticut 1878 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488146 |
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