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The original shore-line of the Boston Peninsula is shown by a red line.

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Document identity
localId
9s161j654
label
Map of Boston and vicinity
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
9s161j654
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of Boston and vicinity
description
The original shore-line of the Boston Peninsula is shown by a red line.
date
["[1880?]"]
year
1880
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_004336
creators
American Association for the Advancement of Science
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
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
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
s.n.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z223t
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 map : col. ; 47 x 61 cm.
notes
The original shore-line of the Boston Peninsula is shown by a red line.
"The district burnt in the great fire of November 1872 is shown by a series of parallel red lines."
Shows radial distances from downtown Boston.
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dcId
9s161j654
type
map
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