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Source Description
Shows 1890 wards and precincts and 1959 streets and neighborhoods.
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Document identity
localId
wh24b063p
label
Wards & precincts, city of Boston - 1890
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
wh24b063p
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Wards & precincts, city of Boston - 1890
description
Shows 1890 wards and precincts and 1959 streets and neighborhoods.
date
["[1959]"]
year
1959
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_016197
creators
Boston Redevelopment Authority
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Boston (Mass.)--History--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
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
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 map ; 100 x 89 cm
notes
Shows 1890 wards and precincts and 1959 streets and neighborhoods.
Inset: Harbor Islands.
"All boundary lines taken from an 1890 map and transferred to a 1959 Boston base map."
In corners: D-1133.
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no
dcId
wh24b063p
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
0fc6191cd32b7bd1