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Title	View of South Manchester, Conn. 1880.
Creator	O.H. Bailey & Co.
Place	Hop Brook (Conn.) Manchester (Conn.)
Topic	Community centers Dwellings Factories Silk industry Textile industry
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company
Genre	Bird's-eye views
Theme	Environment Infrastructure
Description	Bird's-eye view of a small mill town. The brick factory buildings of the Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company are scattered throughout the west (left) side of town and along the banks of Hop Brook in the foreground. A private railroad line at the upper left leads to freight yards and a small station. The brick Victorian style community center, Cheney Hall, is nearby. The houses of the Cheney family, surrounded by grassy lawns, are on the right. The Cheney Store is located on Main Street, at the far right. Other houses, including workers' houses, line the streets. Elsewhere in town are the Cheney Brothers farm buildings and gas works. Vignettes depict Cheney Hall and W.H. Cheney's store.
Notes	Perspective map not drawn to scale. O.H. Bailey & Co., publishers, Boston. Boston : O.H. Bailey & Co., 1880.
Publisher	Boston : O.H. Bailey & Co., 1880.
Physical format	1 print : lithograph ; 56 x 69 cm.
Identifier	Accession number: x.1986.139.0 image/jp2 File name: chs_x_1986_139_0.jp2
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection of The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Birds eye views

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