Panoramic Map of Willimantic, CT, 1882

Map

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Windham Textile and History Museum

Willimantic, Conn., 1882, from Blake Mountain. From the Museum's collection. Currently on display.: The image depicts a framed, vintage illustrated map of Willimantic, Connecticut, created in 1882, featuring detailed sketches of various buildings and landscapes from different perspectives. The central illustration showcases a panoramic view of the town as seen from Blake Mountain, capturing the essence of the era with its industrial architecture and surrounding natural scenery. Surrounding the main scene are smaller, rectangular vignettes highlighting specific buildings, including churches, factories, and houses, meticulously illustrated to emphasize architectural details. The map is bordered by a wooden frame, enhancing its antique appearance,
Willimantic, Conn., 1882, from Blake Mountain. From the Museum's collection. Currently on display.

The image depicts a framed, vintage illustrated map of Willimantic, Connecticut, created in 1882, featuring detailed sketches of various buildings and landscapes from different perspectives. The central illustration showcases a panoramic view of the town as seen from Blake Mountain, capturing the essence of the era with its industrial architecture and surrounding natural scenery. Surrounding the main scene are smaller, rectangular vignettes highlighting specific buildings, including churches, factories, and houses, meticulously illustrated to emphasize architectural details. The map is bordered by a wooden frame, enhancing its antique appearance,

Name/Title

Panoramic Map of Willimantic, CT, 1882

Entry/Object ID

2024.39.01

Secondary Title

Willimantic, Conn., 1882, from Blake Mountain

Description

Color engraving of Willimantic, Connecticut, looking north from Blake Mountain, now called Hosmer Mountain. The panoramic view of Willimantic is in the center of the engraving, surrounded on the top and bottom by close-up inset engravings of twenty churches, factories, stores, residences, and other buildings. Smoke rising from smokestacks indicate the locations of factories. The city is seen as stretching from west to east along the Willimantic river, surrounded by farmland and low, rolling, wooded hills. A hay wagon makes its way down Mountain Street towards the city. Fruit orchards are visible on the left. To see the Library of Congress's copy of this engraving, see https://www.loc.gov/item/98508605/.

Context

Panoramics, also known as birds'-eye-view engravings, were popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and there was at least one printed for most American cities. At least three panoramics were published of Willimantic in different years, of which this was the most recent. Panoramics became obsolete in the 1920s, replaced by aerial photographs.

Collection

General Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Map

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cartograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Map Details

Maker or Creator

Wils Porter del. ; Charles Hart Lith., N.Y.

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

N.Y. : W.O. Laughna, Art Publishing Co., 1882.

Date Published

1882

Publication Language

English

Dimensions

Height

61.5 cm

Width

82 cm

Location

Location

Exhibit Room

Stairwell Gallery

* Untyped Location

Main Museum Building

Category

Exhibit

Date

November 10, 2024

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Nov 10, 2024

Examined By

Eves, J.

Web Links and URLs

Library of Congress's copy

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Found Object

Copyright

Type of License

None

Copyright Holder

Public Domain

Copyright Date

1882

Created By

historian@millmuseum.org

Create Date

November 9, 2024

Updated By

historian@millmuseum.org

Update Date

November 10, 2024