Map of Connecticut Showing the System of Trunk Line Highways
PublisherPublished by
Connecticut State Highway Department
American, 1895 - 1969
PrinterPrinted by
Kellogg & Bulkeley
American, 1867 - 1990
Date1927
MediumLithography; black ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 26 3/8 x 35 5/8in. (67 x 90.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 28 1/8 x 36 1/8in. (71.4 x 91.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 28 1/8 x 36 1/8in. (71.4 x 91.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionMap of Connecticut, from Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, the Long Island Sound to the south, and New York to the west. It shows the "trunk line" system of highways, both improved and unimproved, numbered on the map. Also shown are state aid roads. The legend provides explanations for the route numbers below and above 100 and the lines used to represent the highways.
Object number2012.312.114
MarkingsRecto, bottom right, stamped in black ink: "FROM / The Automobile Club of Hartford / HEUBLEIN HOTEL / HARTFORD, CONN."Top and bottom left corners, printed in black ink on stickers: "MAPS / Drawer / 38"InscribedRecto, bottom right, printed in black ink: "MAP OF / CONNECTICUT / SHOWING THE SYSTEM OF / TRUNK LINE HIGHWAYS / AND CONNECTING / STATE AID ROADS / PREPARED BY / THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT / SCALE OF MILES / 1927"
Bottom left, printed in black ink: "THE KELLOGG & BULKELEY CO., HARTFORD, CONN."NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1/4 inch equals 1 mile
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