Map showing the New York and Boston airline route by way of the New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic Rail Road
DraftsmanDrawn by
Unknown
PublisherPublished by
H. H. Lloyd & Co.
American, 1860 - 1878
Datebefore 1876
MediumLithography; black printer's ink on wove paper mounted on linen
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 22 3/4 x 28 3/8in. (57.8 x 72.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 27 1/8 x 29 1/4in. (68.9 x 74.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 27 1/8 x 29 1/4in. (68.9 x 74.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionMap of Connecticut with adjoining portions of New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Long Island. Towns throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island are indicated. Railroad stations on the New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic Railroad are indicated. The New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic Railroad is shown as a heavy black line. Other railroads, including the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; the Boston and Albany Railroad; the Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad; the Stonington and Providence Railroad; the Naugatuck Railroad, and the Housatonic Railroad are shown as narrower black lines. A long text extolling the benefits of investing in the airline railroad is printed at lower right.
Object number2012.312.225
InscribedOn recto, upper margin, printed in black ink, "AIR LINE BGNDS - FREE FROM ALL TAXES"; lower margin, printed in black ink, "CONNECTICUT INVESTMENT - 'ABSOLUTE SECURITY' with 'LIBERAL INCOME.'"On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesCartographic Note:
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Lucius Stebbins & Co.
1859
