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Source Description
Map depicts central South Reading (i.e., Wakefield) in 1845, showing buildings, the railroad line, the land of Burrage Yale and Lemuel Sweetser's heirs, and Rail Road Street (now North Avenue).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
c534g407r
label
Plan or map showing the laying out of Rail Road Street
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
c534g407r
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Plan or map showing the laying out of Rail Road Street
description
Map depicts central South Reading (i.e., Wakefield) in 1845, showing buildings, the railroad line, the land of Burrage Yale and Lemuel Sweetser's heirs, and Rail Road Street (now North Avenue).
date
["1845"]
year
1845
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
institution
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
collections
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library Historic Maps
subjectsGeographic
Massachusetts
Middlesex (county)
North and Central America
United States
Wakefield
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Middlesex
city
Wakefield
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Wakefield?]
publisher
[s.n.]
Source extras
institutionArkId
b5645h65n
collectionArkId
b5645h66x
schema:latitude
42.5
schema:longitude
-71.0667
extent
1 map : b&w, ink and pencil on paper ; 51 x 71 cm.
notes
Map depicts central South Reading (i.e., Wakefield) in 1845, showing buildings, the railroad line, the land of Burrage Yale and Lemuel Sweetser's heirs, and Rail Road Street (now North Avenue).
"Scale - 25 rods to an inch."
"B. Yale - born in Meriden Ct. Mar 27, 1781 died in So. Reading - 1860 aged 79 [illegible] to So. Reading in 1810." -- Text pencilled on front of map.
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no
dcId
c534g407r
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
6e074b2b75a486d1