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Title
View
of
Clinton
,
Connecticut
1881
.
Creator
O.H. Bailey & Co.
Place
Clinton (Conn.)
Indian River (Middlesex County, Conn.)
Topic
Hotels
Churches
Railroads
Sailing ships
Sloops
Steamboats
Topic-Organization, Vessel
New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company
Genre
Bird's-eye views
Theme
Environment
Description
Bird's-eye
view
of a
small
town
,
located
at the
mouth
of the
Indian
River
,
where
it
flows
into
Long
Island
Sound
.
Several
sloops
are on the
river
. A
schooner
is
at a
landing
in the
foreground
. A
steamboat
is
departing
from the
dock
. The
large
building
nearby
with
porches
and a
mansard
roof
is
Bacon
House
, a
summer
resort
hotel
.
Grove
Street
and
Commerce
Street
,
two
tree-lined
avenues
,
converge
at the
dock
.
Other
major
streets
include
Elliot
Avenue
,
Main
Street
,
South
Street
,
John
Street
, and
High
Street
.
Many
houses
have
outbuildings
. The
large
Victorian
structure
in the
right
background
is
the
Morgan
School
.
Nearby
are the
town
hall
, a
small
building
with a
cupola
, and
two
small
gothic
revival
churches
, the
Congregational
Church
and the
Baptist
Church
.
Other
churches
include
an
Episcopal
Church
and a
Methodist
Church
.
Businesses
include
Elliott
Brothers
flour
and
feed
store
--
W.H
.
Parks
,
dry
goods
and
groceries
--
E
.
Roberts
,
bacon
,
fish
,
oyster
and
meat
market
--
W.A
.
Barker
,
hair
dressing
and
shaving
--
Eben
Griffing
,
watchmaker
--
and
George
E
.
Elliott
,
dry
goods
and
groceries
. The
New
York
,
New
Haven
&
Hartford
Shore
Line
Railroad
crosses
the
river
on a
trestle
.
Woods
,
open
fields
, and,
probably
,
salt
marshes
are
located
on the
outskirts
of
town
.
Notes
Perspective
map
not
drawn
to
scale
.
Boston
:
O.H
.
Bailey
&
Co
.,
[1881]
Publisher
Boston : O.H. Bailey & Co., [1881]
Physical format
1
view
;
56
x
71
cm
.
Identifier
Accession
number
:
x.1986.155.0
image/jp2
File
name
:
chs_x_1986_155_0.jp2
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
.
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from the
Library
of The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
Sub-collection
Birds eye views
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