Category:Sanborn maps

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<nowiki>Sanborn Maps; サンボーン地図; Sanborn maps; collection of detailed maps of cities and towns in the United States (with a few exceptions) published by the Sanborn Map Company in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps</nowiki>
Sanborn Maps 
collection of detailed maps of cities and towns in the United States (with a few exceptions) published by the Sanborn Map Company in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
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  • map collection
  • digitized map collection
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  • Sanborn Map Company, Inc.
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Countries of the Americas: Canada · Mexico · United States of America
English: Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. These detailed maps were created for many towns in the United States in multiple editions over a century. Many are available here. Purpose of the maps is to provide fire insurance for individual buildings, frequently focusing on commercial buildings. While most maps are made for US towns, a few exist for towns in other countries.
Overview
Elements
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For each edition, there are the following elements:
  1. a series of map sheets with maps of individual buildings
  2. an index map placing the map sheets on a map of the city
  3. a map key (map legend)
  4. an index, with a list of street names and "specials" (buildings)
  5. a decorative title page with the name of the city and Sanborn's. Fonts used on these vary.
  6. sometimes "corrections", papers pasted into sheets between editions to keep them updated.
  7. sometimes a foreword
  8. sometimes a report on the town's fire department and water supply
  9. sometimes an image of the cover page or binding used for specific exemplars
Categorization
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Files for a town can be found by:
  • the category for the specific edition (town A in year B) included in:
  • one of the categories for the elements listed above
  • year (partially)
  • coordinates (planned)
Sources
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These files come from several sources, notably:
  • LOC (most)
  • NYPL
  • DPLA

Media in category "Sanborn maps"

The following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total.

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