Stamford, Connecticut, 1883 – 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: Stamford, Connecticut, 1883, preserved in this antique map. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Stamford, Conn
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Stamford, Connecticut, 1883
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Stamford, Connecticut, in 1883 was a manufacturing town on Long Island Sound in Fairfield County, and its growth depended heavily on the railroad line that ran along its waterfront. Factories making locks, hardware and other metal goods had expanded since mid-century, while older mills along the Rippowam River still drew power from its current. Residents of the 1880s would have known Stamford as a town where mill workers, shopkeepers and better-off families lived side by side, and where a growing number of men were beginning to commute to New York. Civic life centered on the downtown churches, schools and business blocks near the depot. The streets and buildings drawn here show the town just before its suburban growth picked up pace.
| Created / published | 1883 |
|---|---|
| Creator | beck & pauli, burleigh, l. r. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Stamford, Connecticut, drawn in 1883. 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 | 11,328 × 6,528 px · prints to 38 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Stamford, Conn |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488155 |
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