Torrington, Connecticut, 1889 – 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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Step back in time with Torrington, Connecticut, 1889, an antique map rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Torrington, Conn. : 1889
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Torrington, Connecticut, 1889
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In 1889, Torrington, Connecticut, was a manufacturing town in the Naugatuck Valley of Litchfield County, where brass, wire, and metal goods made along the river gave work to many of its residents. Its mills drew workers and families from farms in the surrounding hills and from abroad, and the town's streets, churches, and public buildings reflected a community that had grown up around industry. Rail connections to nearby towns carried goods and commuters, tying Torrington's factories to larger markets in Connecticut and beyond. Residents of the period knew their town first as a center of metalworking and as a place where civic life centered on its churches, schools, and local government.
| Created / published | 1889 |
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| Creator | norris, george e., burleigh litho |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Torrington, Connecticut, drawn in 1889. 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 | 9,968 × 5,680 px · prints to 33 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Torrington, Conn. : 1889 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488157 |
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