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Map Showing the Glacial Geography of Connecticut

SurveyorGeology by Richard Foster Flint American, 1901 - 1976

PublisherUnder the supervision of Wilton Everett Britton American, 1868 - 1939

After a work byAfter a work by United States Geological Survey American, founded 1879

PrinterPrinted by A. Hoen & Company American, founded 1848

PublisherPublished by State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut American, founded 1903

Date1930

MediumLithography; black and colored printer's inks on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 38 3/4 x 53 1/2in. (98.4 x 135.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 41 1/8 x 55 1/2in. (104.5 x 141cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of the Plumb Memorial Library

DescriptionMap of the state of Connecticut, including the Long Island Sound, showing the different landforms in the state in the recent and Pleistocene eras using colors and lines are used to depict them. Elevation is conveyed with contour lines, and rivers, lakes and ponds are also shown. Roads and city streets are shown, with dots probably indicating the locations of buildings.

Object number2003.340.1

MarkingsVerso, left side, stamped in black ink: "Connecticut Historical Society / Library"InscribedRecto, bottom right, printed in black ink: "STATE OF CONNECTICUT / STATE GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY / W.E. BRITTON, SUPERINTENDENT / [state seal] / MAP SHOWING THE / GLACIAL GEOLOGY / OF / CONNECTICUT / BY / RICHARD FOSTER FLINT / 1930 / Base from the U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Maps Geology surveyed in 1927, 1928, and 1929"

Bottom right, printed in black ink: "LITH. BY A. HOEN & CO BALTIMORE MD."

Verso, bottom left, handwritten in blue ink: "Conn. / Glacial"

Bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "(Elevations)"

Bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "MAPS / Shelf / Folio / 98376"

Left side, handwritten in pencil: "98376"NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1:125,000

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