Copy of Map of the City of Hartford
SurveyorSurveyed by
Marcus Smith
(possibly British, born about 1810)
DraftsmanDrawn by
Marcus Smith
(possibly British, born about 1810)
MakerCopied by
Henry F. Smith
(American, 1853 - 1922)
Date1902
MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 19 3/4 x 25 5/8in. (50.2 x 65.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 20 3/4 x 26 7/8in. (52.7 x 68.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2012.312.8
DescriptionCity map of Hartford, Connecticut, as it appeared in 1850. The area depicted extends from Pleasant Street on the north, the Connecticut River on the east, South Park and Jefferson Street on the south, and Cooper Lane to the west. The city appears to have been divided into 12 sections, possibly wards, labeled with numbers. Buildings are shaded in diagonal lines, and the names of streets, property owners, businesses and institutions are provided. The Little, Mill, or Park River runs east-west through the lower half of the city. Notable landmarks include Union Station, the State House, Trinity College, and Orphans Asylum. In the upper right corner, the Hartford, New Haven and Springfield Branch to the freight house (presumably associated with the railroad).
Label TextThis 1902 reproduction of Marcus Smith's 1850 Map of the City of Hartford was included in the Municipal Register of the City of Hartford, 1902, and was intended to show the "great growth and improvement of the city" during the fifty years that had passed since the map was first issued. The map includes the names of the homeowners in 1850, and a comparison between these names and the names of the inhabitants of that part of the city in 1902 as listed in in the book "shows clearly the tendency of the older residential element of the population to move westward."
Quotations are from The Hartford Courant (October 28, 1902).
Henry F. Smith, who reproduced the map for the 1902 Municipal Register, was a German immigrant, and no relation to Marcus Smith, the British civil engineer who surveyed and drew the original map in 1850.
NotesCartographic Note: No scale.Quotations are from The Hartford Courant (October 28, 1902).
Henry F. Smith, who reproduced the map for the 1902 Municipal Register, was a German immigrant, and no relation to Marcus Smith, the British civil engineer who surveyed and drew the original map in 1850.
Classification Note: In terms of this project, "historical maps" refer to those made at a later date than the time period depicted.
Subject Note: This 1902 map differs in both content and presentation from the original 1850 map. The 1850 map shows more of the city, going beyond what the 1902 map refers to as the "city boundary" (what is originally described as "proposed extension of the city limits"), while the 1902 map stops at the city line. The 1850 map has decorative borders and includes vignettes of some of Hartford's notable landmarks: Union Station, the Wadsworth Athenaeum, the Pearman apple tree, the State House and the Charter Oak; the 1902 copy does not have any decoration or vignettes.
Status
Not on view
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