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Lord's Indexed Map of Greater Hartford, Connecticut

PublisherPublished by Harry D. Lord & Son American

Date1961

MediumLithography; colored printer's ink on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 53 1/4 x 41 1/2in. (135.3 x 105.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 59 1/4 x 42 1/2in. (150.5 x 108cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionStreet map, on an alphanumeric grid, of greater Hartford, Connecticut, extending from Windsor Locks to the North, to Manchester to the east, to Berlin and Rocky Hill to the south, to Farmington and Simsbury to the west. Bodies of water are denoted in blue; town boundaries in red; and parks, cemeteries and other public spaces in pink. The map legend, at the center bottom, provides information about how railroads, town boundaries and street numbers are depicted. Seven insets provide more detailed maps of parts of Simsbury, Windsor Locks, Berlin, Avon, Farmington, Manchester and Glastonbury.

Object number2012.312.173

MarkingsRecto, lower right corner, printed in black on sticker: "Maps / Oversize / Drawer / 2"InscribedRecto, center bottom, printed in black ink: "LORD'S / INDEXED STREET MAP OF / GREATER HARTFORD / CONNECTICUT / HARRY D. LORD & SON / MAP PUBLISHERS / BOX 52, NEWTON 58, MASSACHUSETTS / COPIES OF THIS MAP / CAN BE PURCHASED FROM / PLIMPTON'S / HARTFORD, WEST HARTFORD / NEW BRITAIN / THE GUSTAVE FISHER CO. / ASYLUM ST., HARTFORD"

Center bottom, printed in black ink: "COPYRIGHT BY HARRY D. LORD & SON / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / EDITION 1961"

Verso, bottom left corner, handwritten in pencil: "MAPS / Case 4 / No. 12"

Bottom right corner, handwritten in pencil: "MAPS / Case 4 / No. 12"NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 2 1/4 inches to the mile. The Simsbury, Berlin, Manchester and Glastonbury insets are at half-scale.

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