Street Map of Windham, CT

Street Map of Windham, CT, 1954: The image depicts a vintage map titled "New Map of Willimantic and Windham, Connecticut," produced by The Price and Lee Co. in New Haven, Conn. It highlights the geographical layout of the area, featuring detailed representations of neighborhoods such as North Windham, South Windham, Willimantic, and Windham Center, while also delineating roads, railroads, rivers, and notable landmarks. The map includes a section listing various street names, presumably to aid navigation and understanding of specific locations. Notably, the intricate detailing of infrastructure and natural features provides insight into the area’s geographical and urban layout during the time of the map's creation, reflecting an important historical perspective of Windham.
Street Map of Windham, CT, 1954

The image depicts a vintage map titled "New Map of Willimantic and Windham, Connecticut," produced by The Price and Lee Co. in New Haven, Conn. It highlights the geographical layout of the area, featuring detailed representations of neighborhoods such as North Windham, South Windham, Willimantic, and Windham Center, while also delineating roads, railroads, rivers, and notable landmarks. The map includes a section listing various street names, presumably to aid navigation and understanding of specific locations. Notably, the intricate detailing of infrastructure and natural features provides insight into the area’s geographical and urban layout during the time of the map's creation, reflecting an important historical perspective of Windham.

Name/Title

Street Map of Windham, CT

Entry/Object ID

2025.18.03

Secondary Title

New Map of Willimantic & Windham, Conn.

Description

The Price and Lee Co., Publishers. 1954. Black and white. 1600 feet per inch scale. Showing passable streets only -- proposed streets eliminated. Photo offset by R. A. Welcke Offset Co., Inc., New York City. Copyright 1954 by Price & Lee Co., New Haven, Conn.

Context

Price and Lee published city directories. This map may have been intended to accompany the 1954 Willimantic directory -- although it is printed on normal weight paper rather than onion skin, as such maps normally were. It reflects a time period when people found their way by using paper maps rather than Google maps.

Collection

Cichon Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Map, Road

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

Place Published

City

New Haven, CT

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Date Published

1954

Printer

R. A. Welcke Offset Co., Inc.

Place Printed

City

New York, NY

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Date Printed

1954

Dimensions

Height

24 in

Width

24 in

Location

Location

Cabinet

Map Cases

Room

Dunham Hall Library Reading Room

* Untyped Location

Main Museum Building

Category

Permanent

Date

March 23, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Date Examined

Mar 23, 2025

Examined By

Eves, J.

Provenance

Provenance Detail

In donor's possession for many years. He does not recall how he obtained them.

Notes

Published the same year the donor was born.

Copyright

Copyright Holder

Price and Lee Company

Copyright Date

1954

Created By

historian@millmuseum.org

Create Date

March 23, 2025

Updated By

historian@millmuseum.org

Update Date

March 23, 2025