Connecticut Historical Society collection 2012.312.55 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Societ…

Map of Connecticut Showing the Work Done, Under Construction and Proposed by the State Highway Department

MakerMade by Connecticut State Highway Department American, 1895 - 1969

Date1916

MediumLithography; black printer's ink on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 3/4 x 9in. (22.2 x 22.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 3/4 x 9in. (22.2 x 22.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 3/4 x 9in. (22.2 x 22.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionMap of Connecticut, with Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, the Long Island Sound to the south, and New York to the west. The state is divided into towns, all of which are labeled, and depicts the state highway system. There are different lines representing completed trunk lines, incomplete trunk lines or those that run through cities, to-be-abandoned trunk lines on the old highway system, and proposed additions to the trunk line system. Many of the roads are marked with a letter and a number, which are explained in the key below.

Object number2012.312.55

MarkingsRecto of paper cover, lower left, stamped in blue ink: "CtHi"InscribedRecto, top, printed in black ink: "Map of Connecticut Showing the Work Done, Under Construction and / Proposed by the State Highway Department."

Lower right, printed in black ink: "CONNECTICUT / SHOWING PROPOSED REVISION / OF THE TRUNK LINE SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS / Prepared by State Highway Department Hartford Conn Jan 191[illegible] / Revised Mar "" / Revised [illegible] / Revised Mar. 22 '16 / [signature of Charles J. Bennett] / STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER"

Left side, handwritten in pencil: "Courant Mar 26 1916"

Recto of paper cover, handwritten in black ink: "State of Connecticut / Trunk Lines / C.H. Veeder, / Hartford, / Conn."

Left side, handwritten in black ink: "State of Connecticut"NotesCartographic Note: No scale

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