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oriented with north toward the upper left.

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Document identity
localId
cj82m183n
label
Map of the city of Boston and vicinity
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
cj82m183n
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of the city of Boston and vicinity
description
oriented with north toward the upper left.
date
["[ca. 1899]"]
year
1899
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_004732
creators
Sampson, Murdock & Co
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
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Boston]
publisher
Sampson, Murdock, & Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 map ; 83 x 71 cm.
notes
oriented with north toward the upper left.
Covers also parts of adjacent towns and cities, including all of Cambridge and Brookline.
Shows selected buildings.
"Published for the Boston directory."
"Dotted lines show streets on plans filed by Board of Survey."
Inset: [Breed's Island].
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dcId
cj82m183n
type
map
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