TY - JOUR
AU1 - Sherrer, John M.
AU2 - Ferguson, Helena
AB - 622 The Journal of American History September 2008 governments and those of influence in a soci - ated and maintained by ProQuest. Digital Sanborn Maps are reproduced and distributed ety. The maps of the mid-nineteenth century under exclusive license from Environmental also reflect the Victorian period, with its inter - Data Resources, Inc. Reviewed Oct. 2007. est in exploration and knowledge about plants, animals, rocks, rivers, and deserts, all of which Arguably one of the most effective sources can be cataloged and illustrated. for traditional and public historians alike, The Touring the West exhibition “celebrates” Sanborn fire insurance maps offer unparal - touring companies that entertained audiences leled documentation of over a century of ur- in the American West from 1803 (the acqui- ban development and land use in the United sition of Louisiana by the United States) and States. The brainchild of the surveyor Daniel 1893 (the Chicago World’s Fair or the Colum- Alfred Sanborn, Sanborn fire insurance maps bian International Exposition). Broadsides and originated in 1867 as a means to establish advertisements are the chief representations insurance costs for protecting the burgeon- used, but the site’s extensive text explains the ing numbers of cities and towns against 
TI - Sanborn® Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns and Cities, 1884–1922, Sanborn® Fire Insurance Maps, Utah, Sanborn® Fire Insurance Maps of South Carolina, Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867–1970 (access by subscription)
JF - The Journal of American History
DO - 10.2307/25095782
DA - 2008-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/sanborn-fire-insurance-maps-for-georgia-towns-and-cities-1884-1922-SHAh2YWL2p
SP - 622
EP - 624
VL - 95
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -