Archive Record
Metadata
Object Name |
MAP |
Title |
Sanborn maps reading guide, 1940 |
Object ID |
605 |
Scope & Content |
A handbook for reading a Sanborn Map from the Sanborn Map Company, used for a fire insurance company. The handbook covers all symbols that could be found in a Sanborn Map, as well as two examples (one of a mercantile block, the other of a residential block) with narrative description to better help a user read one of their maps. Will be helpful if user would like to look at Maps 606-611 |
Collection |
Maps Collection |
Pub Place |
Pelham, New York |
Subjects |
maps and atlases |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Search Terms |
Sanborn Map Company 1900s 1940s |