Vintage New Milford Retail Map Shows Local Businesses From 1983

Are you from beautiful New Milford, CT? If so, you'll probably love this vintage retail poster. I came across a post on Facebook and it caught my eye. It was a map of all of the local businesses in New Milford from 1983.

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People love to look at old maps like this and find where their home or business is.

Sue Snow

This poster appeared on the Facebook page of Sue Snow.

Sue Snow

Sue describes herself as the "Head Vudu Priestess" at Deja Vudu Vintage, a New Milford boutique shop.

Sue Snow

I asked her about Deja Vudu and if she could send me her website and she replied:

"Just an Instagram page and a Facebook page for now. I only opened this little antique shop during the pandemic. But yes cool stuff is my specialty. Seriously though I do love finding local vintage items and try to always have them in."

Sue Snow

Sue and Deja Vudu are located at 285 Litchfield Rd New Milford CT.

Sue Snow

After seeing the photos of the map, I wanted to take a deeper look into it. It was really cool to see some of the businesses that appeared in these spots back in the day. After looking at the comments on the post, it seemed a lot of people were really into the nostalgia of the town as well.

A few people commented about "The Enchanted Forest" and had great things to say about it and were even dropping a few memories about it. Someone even described it as "a little shop of wonders."

It's pretty cool to see what the towns we live in used to look like before we were there. Or even if you were there, when you see something like this, it brings back some great memories.

Sue's shop is precisely the kind of place you'd hope to find in a historic and town like New Milford. By the way, the cartoon map is for sale but Sue has not settled on a price just yet.

Find her on Instagram @dejavudu_vintage

Do you remember any of these local businesses? If so, which one brings back the best memories? Let us know on Facebook or through our mobile app.

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