Naugatuck, Connecticut, 1906 – 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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This rare antique map captures Naugatuck, Connecticut, 1906 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Bird's-eye view of Naugatuck, Connecticut 1906
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Naugatuck, Connecticut, 1906
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In 1906 Naugatuck, Connecticut, was a borough of rubber works and brass shops strung along the Naugatuck River, a few miles from Waterbury. The rubber companies that had grown up around Charles Goodyear's vulcanizing patents were now part of larger corporations, and their shoe and goods plants still set the rhythm of daily life, with shift whistles marking the start and end of work. Rail service down the valley connected the town to Waterbury and New Haven, and many of the families living near the mills were recent arrivals from Italy, Poland, Ireland, and other countries who had come to find factory work. Residents of the time would have known the town first by its river, its dams, and the smoke above its factory roofs.
| Created / published | 1906 |
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| Creator | hughes & bailey |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Naugatuck, Connecticut, drawn in 1906. 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 | 11,504 × 8,304 px · prints to 38 × 28 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's-eye view of Naugatuck, Connecticut 1906 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488138 |
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