Panoramic, Willimantic CT, 1909

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Windham Textile and History Museum

Aero View of Willimantic, Connecticut, 1909: The 1909 panoramic engraving titled "Aero View of Willimantic, Connecticut" presents a detailed black-and-white depiction of the city from a bird's-eye perspective, angled as if viewed from a hot-air balloon hovering over the southern part. The central illustration reveals the south sides of buildings and surrounding farms just north of the city. Surrounding the panorama are 33 close-up drawings, offering street-level views of notable stores, mills, residences, and churches. At the bottom, a list
Aero View of Willimantic, Connecticut, 1909

The 1909 panoramic engraving titled "Aero View of Willimantic, Connecticut" presents a detailed black-and-white depiction of the city from a bird's-eye perspective, angled as if viewed from a hot-air balloon hovering over the southern part. The central illustration reveals the south sides of buildings and surrounding farms just north of the city. Surrounding the panorama are 33 close-up drawings, offering street-level views of notable stores, mills, residences, and churches. At the bottom, a list

Name/Title

Panoramic, Willimantic CT, 1909

Entry/Object ID

2024.32.01

Secondary Title

Aero View of Willimantic, Connecticut, 1909.

Description

Panoramic (bird's-eye view) black-and-white engraving of Willimantic, CT, in 1909. The panoramic is in the center of the engraving, surrounded by 33 close-up drawings of stores, mills, residences, churches, and other buildings. The panoramic was not drawn in "map view" (i.e., from directly overhead), but rather from an angle, as if from a hot-air balloon hovering over the southern part of the city, looking north. As a result, the south sides of buildings are visible, as are some farms just north of the city. The insets were drawn from approximately street view. A list of sponsors is on the bottom part of the engraving. This is one of two copies of Aero View of Willimantic, Connecticut, 1909, in the Museum's collection.

Context

Panoramics 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

Lucy Crosbie 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

Hughes and Bailey

Place Published

City

New York City

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Date Published

1909 - 1910

Date Printed

circa 1909

Publication Language

English

Call No.

G3784.W7A3 1909 .B3

Dimensions

Dimension Description

map 39 x 81 cm. on sheet 79 x 97 cm.

Location

Location

Rack

Archives Framed Images

Room

Archives

* Untyped Location

Main Museum Building

Category

Storage

Date

November 7, 2024

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Date Examined

Nov 7, 2024

Examined By

Eves, J.

Web Links and URLs

Link to Library of Congress website. The LOC has its own copy of this map, which provides additional information about it., Eastern Connecticut State University's digital history project

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Belonged to donor's mother, who was a collector.

Copyright

Type of License

None

Copyright Holder

Public Domain

Copyright Date

1909

Created By

historian@millmuseum.org

Create Date

November 3, 2024

Updated By

historian@millmuseum.org

Update Date

November 7, 2024