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Map of the City of Hartford

DraftsmanDrawn by Frederick B. Chamberlain American, born 1892

PublisherPublished by LaCroix Publishing Company American, 1944 - 1955

Date1953

MediumLithography; black printer's ink on wove paper, in booklet with paper covers

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 3/8 x 16in. (28.9 x 40.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 12 3/8 x 17 1/4in. (31.4 x 43.8cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Martin A. Gilman

DescriptionPocket map of Hartford, Connecticut, oriented east-west on the sheet with the Connecticut River at the bottom. Streets are labeled. Parks are shown with shading and shapes indicating trees. Other spaces, such as schools, hospitals, and Brainard Airport are similarly shaded. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad runs through the city. Physical features include the Park River. On the back is a similar map of West Hartford and a street index. The sheet is folded into the National Blue Guide to Hartford, which includes information about traffic regulations, population, churches, and clubs.

Object number2001.192.2

MarkingsInside cover, stamped in black ink: "Connecticut Historical Society / Library"InscribedFront cover, top, printed in blue ink: "NATIONAL / BLUE GUIDE / APRIL, 1953 / HARTFORD, CONN."

Bottom, printed in blue ink: "LACROIX CORPORATION"

Inside cover, handwritten in pencil: "97354"

Page 1, bottom, printed in black ink: "Copyright 1953 by LaCroix Corporation"

Recto of map, bottom center, printed in black ink: "MAP OF THE / CITY OF HARTFORD / PREPARED FOR / THE / LA CROIX PUBLISHING CO."

Verso of map, left side, printed in black ink: "TOWN OF / WEST HARTFORD, CONN. / F.B. CHAMBERLIN, TOWN ENG'R"

Bottom right, printed in black ink: "Revised to Dec. 1945"NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals 1000 feet

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