Map of Connecticut Showing the System of Trunk Line Highways and Connecting State Aid Roads
MakerMade by
Connecticut State Highway Department
American, 1895 - 1969
PrintmakerLithographed by
Kellogg & Bulkeley
American, 1867 - 1990
MakerMade by
Leslie G. Sumner
American, 1891 - 1969
Date1925
MediumLithography; black ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 26 1/4 x 35 3/4in. (66.7 x 90.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 28 x 38in. (71.1 x 96.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 28 x 38in. (71.1 x 96.5cm)
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.
Object number2012.312.116
MarkingsRecto, bottom right, stamped in black ink: "COMPLIMENTS OF / THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB / OF HARTFORD."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 / 1925"Bottom right, printed in black ink: "THE KELLOGG & BULKELEY CO., HARTFORD, CONN."
Bottom left, printed in black ink: "L.G. SUMNER 1924"
Verso, top right corner, handwritten in pencil: "Property of / Sidney W. Crofut / 25 No. Beacon St. / Hartford, Conn."NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1/4 inch equals 1 mile
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