Sanborn map, Hancock, Michigan, 1917.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Sanborn map, Hancock, Michigan, 1917.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65206404

A portion of record group 82-114 contains a 1917 Sanborn fire insurance map of Hancock, Michigan. See map database at the State Archives of Michigan for details (Argus 1595).

.3 cu. ft.

State Archive of Michigan

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7942886

State Archive of Michigan

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Hancock (Mich.). City Clerk.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60w4mmt (corporateBody)

Sanborn Map Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64n393t (corporateBody)

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...