1911 SOUTHINGTON Connecticut CITY DIRECTORY of ALL RESIDENTS + Fold Open MAP

Description

SOUTHINGTON DIRECTORY for 1911. Containing a General Directory of the Citizens, Classified Business Directory, Map, Street Directory, Town Officers, Churches, Schools, Societies, Etc.
Published by Price & Lee Co., New Haven, Connecticut, 1911. This is the Original, Vintage Directory.
Original hardcovers, cloth covered spine and printed paper covered boards, 6x9 inches, 132 pages, plus advertising pages at the front.
A fold open map is laid in next to the title page. It opens to measure 21x24 inches.
This volume was part of the amazing SUTRO GENEALOGICAL LIBRARY of SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (part of the California State Library). There are Sutro Library ink stamps and associated library labels, marks and stamps here and there throughout. The Sutro Library was (and to a large part still is) a treasure trove of genealogical books collected by Adolph Sutro and donated to the City of San Francisco. The collection was pretty much neglected by the City until, in 2012 the City gave the collection to the library of San Francisco State University. Before and after the move to SFSU, quite a few volumes from the Sutro genealogical library were, sadly, deaccessioned, so that the collection would fit it into its new space. In its new home the Sutro Library is still considered to have the best genealogical collection west of Salt Lake City, and is now much better cared for, but it is not as large as it was. Once these wonderful deaccessioned Sutro genealogy books find new homes they will likely not be seen again for some time.
CONDITION: The covers are worn, the spine is fraying at its ends and its lettering has substantially rubbed off, the boards are worn through at the edges and corners, are rubbed, and toned at the margins; nonetheless the covers are original and the printing on the boards remains clear. Internally, there are Sutro / California State Library labels and marks, as noted above, the front and rear hinges are split but holding well, the endpapers are toned, and there are some tears and chips here and there. The map is toned on one panel, the panel facing a brown page ad, but is otherwise in great shape, solid and bright.
A well used but Complete and Original Southington Directory from 1911, with its laid in Map.
About the SUTRO LIBRARY (from where this book was deaccessioned):
******The Sutro Library holds the original collection of Adolph Sutro (1830–1898), California businessman and San Francisco mayor. The library has a large collection of publications and items dating from the 13th to the 21st centuries. It also has one of the largest genealogy collections in the U.S.
Adolph Sutro's heirs donated his collection to the California State Library in 1913 with the requirement that the collection stay within the city of San Francisco. After operating in various locations in the city for almost 100 years, the Sutro Library moved to a permanent home at San Francisco State University in 2012.******
A COMPLETE, ORIGINAL 1911 DIRECTORY of RESIDENTS of SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT, with MAP.
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