Sanborn fire insurance maps.

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Sanborn fire insurance maps.

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This collection consists of the Sanborn fire insurance maps of Lansing, Mich. Volume 1 covers Lansing west of Pennsylvania Avenue and volume 2 covers Lansing east of Pennsylvania Avenue. These maps were originally published in 1913 and have been corrected and updated to 1945.

2 v. 3.7 cu. ft.

State Archive of Michigan

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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...