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Woodland Trails near Bristol

MakerData by Romeyn A. Spare American, 1885 - 1968

PublisherPublished by Connecticut Forest and Park Association American, founded 1895

DraftsmanDrawn by Perry N. Deming American, 1888 - 1962

Date1933

MediumBlueprint; cyanotype on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 21 1/2 x 15in. (54.6 x 38.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 22 x 15 1/2in. (55.9 x 39.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Gary W. Potter

DescriptionMap of the Tunxis Trail system in Bristol, Connecticut, and the surrounding communities of Collinsville, Canton, Unionville, Farmington, Burlington, Harwinton, Plantsville, Plymouth, Terryville, and Wolcott. Parts of the Mattatuck, Metacomet, and Qunnipiac Trails are also shown. Major features include the Nepaug Reservoir, Buttermilk Falls and other waterfalls, a fish hatchery, a coppermine, a log cabin, a quarry, an unconformity, the Devil's Kitchen, the Johnnycake Mountain Fire Tower, and Tories Den. Major state highways include Routes 10, 6, 177, 167, 101, and 117. Small cartoon figures include hikers, rock climbers, a man cooking over a campfire, and a woman wading in a pond.

Object number2012.548.3

InscribedOn recto, upper left, in cyanotype, "WOODLAND TRAILS NEAR BRISTOL / TUNXIS TRAIL, ITS LOOPS, CROSSOVERS / FEEDERS, AND OTHER BLUE-BLAZED / TRAILS SHOWN THUS - - - - / NUMBERS INDICATE CONVENIENT APPROACHES / CONN. FOREST AND PARK ASSOCIATION. / 115 CHURCH NEW HAVEN"; left center, "Corrected to 5-25-33"

On verso, lower right, in pencil, "2012.548.3"NotesCartographic Note: One inch equals one mile

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