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Source Description
Concentric circles show half-mile distances from City Hall.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
7940bf63z
label
Map of Boston and vicinity
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7940bf63z
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of Boston and vicinity
description
Concentric circles show half-mile distances from City Hall.
date
["[ca. 1880]"]
year
1880
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017366A
creators
Photo-Electrotype Co. (Boston, Mass.)
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
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
Published by the Photo-Electrotype Co., 171 Devonshire Street
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z223t
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 map : color ; 59 x 50 cm, on sheet 83 x 58 cm, folded to 41 x 29 cm
notes
Concentric circles show half-mile distances from City Hall.
Includes advertisements and illustrations.
On verso: text, advertisements, illustrations, view of Boston Harbor, map of Boston proper, and "Birds-eye view of Boston Harbor".
hasTranscription
no
dcId
7940bf63z
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
5746c3c1330ca2b0