Driving Road Chart of Hartford and Vicinity, 15 Miles around
PrinterPrinted by
Packard, Butler & Partridge
American, 1883 - 1886
PublisherPublished by
Albert A. Hyde & Co.
American, active 1884
Date1884
MediumLithography; black and pink printer's inks and watercolor on laid paper, lined with linen, in cardboard covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 41 1/4 x 40 1/4in. (104.8 x 102.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 42 3/8 x 41in. (107.6 x 104.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 42 3/8 x 41in. (107.6 x 104.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 42 3/8 x 41in. (107.6 x 104.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 42 3/8 x 41in. (107.6 x 104.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionMap of Hartford, Connecticut and the surrounding area, from Suffield to the north, the borders of Tolland and Coventry to the east, Middletown to the south, and Bristol and Burlington to the west. Each of the towns depicted is outlined in bright pink, yellow, green, purple or orange. There are concentric circles radiating out from the center of Hartford in 1-mile increments. Roads are shown in red. Landowners names are provided. Physical features depicted include rivers and lakes. The cartouche is decorated with an image of a man and woman in a horse-drawn carriage.
Object number1960.141.0
InscribedFront cover, gold-tooled: "DRIVING ROAD / CHART / OF THE CITY OF / HARTFORD / AND / VICINITY / (FIFTEEN MILES AROUND) / Albert A. Hyde & Co. / NEW YORK."Inside cover, top left, handwritten in blue ink: "66951"
Center, handwritten in pencil: "Maps / 66951"
Recto, map, bottom left, printed in black and pink ink: "Driving / Chart / of HARTFORD and VICINITY / 15 Miles around"
Bottom right, printed in black and pink ink: "Published by / ALBERT A. HYDE & Co. / 82 and 84 NASSAU ST. NEW YORK"
Bottom right, printed in black ink: "PACKARD, BUTLER & PARTRIDGE, PHOTO-LITH. PHILA."NotesCartographic Note: Scale: About 1 inch equals 3/4 mile
Date Note: The date was taken from the record in the Library of Congress for another copy of the same map.
Subject Terms
- Hartford (Conn.)
- East Granby (Conn.)
- East Hartford (Conn.)
- East Windsor (Conn.)
- Windsor (Conn.)
- Windsor Locks (Conn.)
- Ellington (Conn.)
- South Windsor (Conn.)
- Manchester (Conn.)
- Glastonbury (Conn.)
- Cromwell (Conn.)
- Rocky Hill (Conn.)
- Wethersfield (Conn.)
- Newington (Conn.)
- New Britain (Conn.)
- Berlin (Conn.)
- Plainville (Conn.)
- Farmington (Conn.)
- Bloomfield (Conn.)
- Simsbury (Conn.)
- Avon (Conn.)
- Roads
- Rivers
- Lakes
- Lithographs
- Regional Maps
- Road Maps
- Map Cataloging Project
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- Maps and Charts: Finding Your Place in Connecticut History
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