Map of New Haven, Connecticut, and Vicinity
PublisherPublished by
Interstate Publishing Co., Inc.
(American, active 1950s-1960s)
DistributorDistributed by
First Federal Savings and Loan of New Haven
(American, founded 1934)
Datebefore 1962
MediumLithography; black printer's ink on wove paper, in paper covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 26 3/8 x 20 3/4in. (67 x 52.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 32 x 23 3/8in. (81.3 x 59.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2000.184.1
DescriptionPocket street map of New Haven, Connecticut, including Hamden, North Haven, West Haven, and Woodbridge. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad runs through the city. Physical features include lakes and the West, Quinnipiac, East Haven, and Mill Rivers. In the center of the map is a vignette of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association building. There is a street index to the left of and below the map.
Label TextThe housing market was booming in the 1950s and would-be homeowners turned to the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of New Haven to help finance their dream houses. The bank had opened in 1934, the first savings and loan in Connecticut to be established under the National Housing Act. Many different businesses gave away free maps to their customers, sometimes showing the locations of their branch offices, presumably to help people to find them easily. While this map doesn't pinpoint the position of the bank, it may have proved useful to those customers who were seeking to purchase real estate in the New Haven area.
NotesCartographic Note: No scaleDate Note: The telephone number of the bank appears as MAin 4-9871. The Southern New England Telephone Company introduced all-number telephone numbers in 1962, eliminating exchange names.
Status
Not on view
R. A. Welcke Offset Co.
probably 1967
