New London, Connecticut, 1911 – 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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A window into the past: New London, Connecticut, 1911, preserved in this antique map. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Aero view of New London, Connecticut 1911
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New London, Connecticut, 1911
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New London, Connecticut, in 1911 was a harbor city on the Thames River where it meets Long Island Sound. Its economy had long rested on the sea, first on the whaling fleets that made it a major port in the 19th century and later on shipping, fishing, and ferry traffic to Long Island and Block Island. Across the river, the Electric Boat Company was building submarines for the U.S. Navy, linking the older maritime town to the newer business of naval shipbuilding. Residents of the period knew the city as a working waterfront, with its wharves, church spires, and downtown streets clustered along the river's bends.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | hughes & bailey |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of New London, Connecticut, drawn in 1911. 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 | 12,820 × 9,824 px · prints to 43 × 33 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Aero view of New London, Connecticut 1911 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488141 |
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