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Source Description
Oriented with north toward the upper right.
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Document identity
localId
1257b883s
label
Plan showing the principal portion of Boston
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
1257b883s
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Plan showing the principal portion of Boston
description
Oriented with north toward the upper right.
date
["1893"]
year
1893
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_004699
creators
Davis, Thomas W., surveyor
Humbert, Pierre, Jr.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
[s.n.]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 map : col. ; 121 x 129 cm.
notes
Oriented with north toward the upper right.
Shows wards, streets, railroads, Harbor Commissioners' line, some public buildings, and radial distances from City Hall.
Manuscript and stamped annotations, corrections, and paste-ons on "Plan showing the principal portion of Boston : from the latest authorities" by Thos. W. Davis, printed by Heliotype Printing Co. in 1888. "Oldest" and "Pierre Humbert Jr." tipped on in title block. Last two digits of date effaced and "93" added in ink. Historical boundaries and rivers added in manuscript ink and color. Historical names of some areas stamped on.
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no
dcId
1257b883s
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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05ceba572240ac0d