Map and atlas collection, 1700-1978.

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Map and atlas collection, 1700-1978.

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Filed materials include Sanborn and Hopkins sectional insurance maps for the city of Syracuse, 1882-1952; maps and atlases of Syracuse, 1834-1978; and topographical maps of Onondaga County and New York State, 1898-1962. Bound volumes include Sanborn insurance maps for Syracuse, 1911-1936; manuscript book of insurance diagrams, Syracuse, 1863-1895; atlases of New York counties, 1866-1895; 1973-1976 reprints of historical atlases for Seneca Falls, N.Y., 1856, Waterloo, N.Y., 1855, and Ohio, 1868. Also, original rolled maps of Syracuse, Onondaga County, military tracts, New York State, roads, canals, Indian lands, other states, and territories, 1700-1974.

ca. 60 cubic ft.

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Onondaga Historical Association

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G.M. Hopkins Company.

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Sanborn Map Company

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The Sanborn Map Company was founded in 1867 with headquarters in New York City. Its purpose was to produce maps that would show "at a glance the character of the fire insurance risks of all buildings" in a give community. Since these maps had a very specialized use, "there were usually fewer than twenty orders for a single map sheet". Consequently, even though Sanborn maps are printed works, their rarity is similar to that of manuscript maps. The Sanborn Map Company ceased making its insurance r...