Gift of Lafayette Robinson, 1975.105.2 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

The Commonwealth of Connecticut

DraftsmanDrawn by Amy Drevenstedt American, born 1886

PublisherPublished by the Children's Bookshop

Date1926

MediumLithography; colored printer's inks on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 27 5/8 x 34 7/8in. (70.2 x 88.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 29 1/8 x 36 1/2in. (74 x 92.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Lafayette Robinson

DescriptionMap of Connecticut, using pictures to mark the locations of cities, some historic houses, schools, colleges and universities. Roads are shown in red, railroads in black and rivers in green. Around the borders of the map are vignettes depicting landmarks and scenes from Connecticut's history: the New Haven Green; the Judges' Cave; the Tower of Harkness Memorial Quadrangle; the removal of Yale College from Saybrook; a typical kitchen; a statue of George III that was melted into bullets in Litchfield; the Yale Bowl; Reverend Thomas Hooker's journey from Cambridge to Hartford; the Yankee Peddler; wrestlers settling a boundary dispute between Old Lyme and New London; two natives near a covered bridge; a man from Norwich in a horse and carriage; Putnam's escape from the British; a Litchfield County well; a doorway in Farmington; the home of Roger Sherman; the New London mill; the meeting between Captain Bull and Major Andross; the Charter Oak; Noah Webster holding a dictionary; Webster's home in West Hartford; and Nathan Hale's statue and schoolhouse.

Object number1975.105.2

InscribedRecto, top center, printed in black ink: "The Commonwealth / of / CONNECTICUT / PUBLISHED for your ENTERTAIN- / MENT and ENLIGHTENMENT by / THE CHILDREN'S BOOKSHOP of / 35 Wall Street, NEW HAVEN"

Bottom right, printed in black ink: "Copyright 1926 by Children's Bookshop New Haven, Conn."

Verso, top right corner, handwritten in pencil: "76524"NotesCartographic Note: No scale

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