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Sanborn held a monopoly over fire insurance maps for the majority of the 20th century, but the business declined as US insurance companies stopped using maps for underwriting in the 1960s. The last Sanborn fire maps were published on microfilm in 1977, but old Sanborn maps remain useful for historical research into urban geography. The license ...
This image might not be in the public domain outside of the United States; this especially applies in the countries and areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, Mainland China (not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland.
The maps show widths and names of streets, sewer systems, property boundaries, and house and block numbers. [7] The first three editions focused on downtown Savannah, including its then 24 squares; the fourth focused on Savannah Beach and Tybee Island. The maps have been digitized by the Digital Library of Georgia. [8]
English: A 1901 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map cropped to show the area around St. Ambrose Cathedral in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. The cathedral is shown in blue. The cathedral is shown in blue. There appear to be no other buildings associated with it in the immediate area.
English: A 1901 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map cropped to show the "Piety Hill" area of Des Moines Iowa, United States. The Central Church of Christ (blue, lower left), St. Paul's Episcopal Church (blue, lower right), the Jewish Synagogue (pink, center), First Baptist Church (blue, center right), and Central Presbyterian (top, pink).
Daniel Alfred Sanborn (April 5, 1827 in Somerville, Massachusetts – April 11, 1883 in Brooklyn, New York) was a surveyor who founded the Sanborn Map Company, a well-known provider of fire insurance maps. Before starting his company he produced insurance maps for Boston and several cities in Tennessee for the Aetna Insurance Company.
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