I previously posted a hand-drawn map made for a 1907 series of ‘Open Days’ in Providence, from The Official Program of the Old Home Week.

Now I’ve found a scan of the pocket walking booklet for the same event, A Little Guide to Providence, 1907. The neat little Guide focusses largely on the artistic and cultural life of Providence, as Lovecraft would have become aware of it circa age 16-17.

I’m pleased to see that the booklet has a version of the same map without the gutter problem of the earlier scan. At the back it has another map made in the same charming hand-made style as the first. I’ve rectified the slight lens distortion, perspective skew and colour-cast, as well as dropping them to 3,800 pixels so they’re manageable.

Looking at the map, it strikes me that if one were to combine Kingston and Plymouth placenames via a “Kin–mouth” amalgamation then one would come very close to the name Innsmouth, and with the “kin” perhaps pointing to that story’s underlying plot element of ‘kinship’.