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Source Description
Oriented with north toward the upper right.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
js956m218
label
Plan showing the principal portion of Boston
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
js956m218
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Plan showing the principal portion of Boston
description
Oriented with north toward the upper right.
date
["1880"]
year
1880
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_004337
creators
Boston Map Company
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
Boston Map Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 map : col. ; 121 x 130 cm.
notes
Oriented with north toward the upper right.
Relief shown by hachures.
Shows wards, streets, railroads, Harbor Commissioners' line, some public buildings, and radial distances from City Hall.
"May 1st, 1880."
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1880, by the Boston Map Co. ..."
hasTranscription
no
dcId
js956m218
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
bb4def5568ef1024