Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2005.187.0 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Societ…

Map Showing Route Numbers Placed on Poles for Directing Traffic

PublisherPublished by Connecticut State Highway Department American, 1895 - 1969

Date1923

MediumLithography; black printer's ink on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 17 3/8 x 23 1/4in. (44.1 x 59.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 18 1/2 x 24 1/8in. (47 x 61.3cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionMap of the state of Connecticut, from Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, the Long Island Sound to the south, and New York State to the west. Improved are shown in thick solid lines, unimproved roads in thin parallel black lines, and unimproved secondary roads in thin solid lines. Those with route numbers are numbered on the map. Towns are labeled, and cities are marked with closed or open circles, presumably depending on their population size.

Object number2005.187.0

MarkingsRecto, bottom, stamped in blue ink: "COMPLIMENTS OF / THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB / OF HARTFORD."

Top left corner, handwritten in pencil on sticker: "1923 / [98992]"

Top left corner, printed in black ink on sticker: "Maps / Drawer / 109 [crossed out in pencil] / 121 [handwritten in pencil]"InscribedRecto, bottom right, printed in black ink: "CONNECTICUT / STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT / MAP SHOWING ROUTE NUMBERS PLACED ON POLES / FOR DIRECTING TRAFFIC / BANDS ON ROUTES NUMBERED BELOW 100 / BANDS ON ROUTES NUMBERED ABOVE 100 / NUMERALS ARE BLACK ON YELLOW / BACKGROUND ENCLOSED IN BLACK / SQUARE WITH BANDS EXTENDING / AROUND THE POLE / 1923"

Verso, top left corner, handwritten in pencil: [arithmetic calculations in pencil]NotesCartographic Note: Scale: About 1/4 inch equals 1 mile

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