Map and drawing collection, 1798-1979.

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Map and drawing collection, 1798-1979.

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Sanborn insurance maps for Hudson, N.Y., 1923; Beers atlases of Rensselaer, Greene, and Columbia Counties, 1867-1888, and of the Hudson River Valley from New York City to Troy, 1891; U.S. Geological Survey maps of quadrants in Columbia and Greene Counties, 1953-1963; and 1979 reproductions of a panorama of the Hudson River, 1849, and map of the towns of Livingston, Clermont, and Germantown, 1798. Architect's drawings for the house of Alfred Chace, Hudson, N.Y., ca. 1870.

ca. 3 cubic ft.

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Hudson Area Association Library (Hudson, N.Y.)

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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...

Chace, Alfred.

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Geological survey (U.S.)

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E.W. Glafcke was in charge of a crew during the United States Geological Survey's spirit leveling activities in Wyoming and Utah from 1896 to 1912. From the guide to the United States Geologic Survey photograph collection, 1892-1912, 1898-1902, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) First organized as a branch in 1889, the Topographic Division was established in 1947. From the description of Records of the Topographic Division. (Unknown). World...