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Source Description
Covers also parts of adjacent towns and cities, including all of Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
9s161c539
label
Map of Boston, for 1878
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
9s161c539
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of Boston, for 1878
description
Covers also parts of adjacent towns and cities, including all of Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline.
date
["1878"]
year
1878
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_004281
creators
Sampson, Davenport & 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
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
Sampson, Davenport & Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 81 x 67 cm.
notes
Covers also parts of adjacent towns and cities, including all of Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1874 by Sampson, Davenport & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."
"Published expressly for the Boston directory."
"Forbes Co."
Distance from City Hall shown by concentric circles at half mile intervals.
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no
dcId
9s161c539
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
697be36c840f368c