Map and atlas collection, 1852-1983.

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Map and atlas collection, 1852-1983.

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Street, lot and property owner maps of local villages; Long Island Railroad map, 1914; map of school district no. 7, 1967; and manuscript map of "Historical Great Neck" by George Whittle, ca. 1940, showing houses, farms, cemeteries, and land features on Great Neck about 1685, with historical notes. Also Sanborn atlasses for Great Neck and Port Washington, 1934, with updates to 1964; Hyde's atlas of Nassau County, 1914; Hagstrom street and road atlas of Nassau County, 1932; Beers atlas of Long Island, 1873; Beers Kings and Queens County atlas, 1886.

30 items, 7 v.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6883943

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Great Neck Library (Great Neck, 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...

Whittle, George.

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