Hartford
DraftsmanDrawn by
Swaena Lavelle
Canadian, active beginning about 1972
PrinterPrinted by
Archar, Inc.
Canadian, founded 1970
PublisherPublished by
Archar, Inc.
Canadian, founded 1970
Date1974
MediumOffset lithography; black and colored printer's inks on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 29 3/8 x 39 3/8in. (74.6 x 100cm)
Sheet (height x width): 29 3/8 x 39 3/8in. (74.6 x 100cm)
Sheet (height x width): 29 3/8 x 39 3/8in. (74.6 x 100cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionBird's-eye view poster of Hartford, Connecticut, and vicinity, oriented east-west so that the Connecticut River appears at the bottom of the sheet. The poster shows mostly green space, historical sites, and businesses in Hartford, Farmington, Wethersfield, Newington, and Windsor Locks. The logos and signs of most of the businesses are reproduced. Scattered across the poster are facts about some of the buildings, the physical geography, or the area's history. On the bottom of the sheet is a textual hsitory of the founding of Hartford from 1600 - 1784.
Object number1994.248.0
MarkingsVerso, center, stamped in blue ink: "CtHi"InscribedRecto, top, printed in black ink: "HARTfORd"Bottom left, printed in black ink: "CITY DESIGN PRINT/PRODUCED AND PUBLISHED BY ARCHAR INC. BOX #2156 STATION B SCARBOROUGH ONTARIO/PRINTED IN CANADA © COPYRIGHT 1974"
Verso, center, handwritten in pencil: "92327"NotesCartographic Note: No scale
Subject Terms
- Hartford (Conn.)
- Wethersfield (Conn.)
- Farmington (Conn.)
- Simsbury (Conn.)
- Windsor Locks (Conn.)
- Connecticut River
- Rivers
- Charter Oak (Hartford, Conn.)
- Bushnell Park
- Hartford Times
- Wadsworth Atheneum (Hartford, Conn.)
- Colts Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co.
- Hospitals
- Hartford Hospital
- Sage, Allen & Co.
- Connecticut Historical Society
- Elizabeth Park (Hartford, Conn.)
- Parks
- Talcott Mountain (Avon, Conn.)
- Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.)
- Miss Porter's School (Farmington, Conn.)
- Lithographs
- Bird's-eye views
- Regional Maps
- Map Cataloging Project
- Hartford
Collections
- Maps and Charts: Finding Your Place in Connecticut History
On View
Not on view
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