Sanborn Maps

collection of detailed maps of cities and towns in the United States (with a few exceptions) published by the Sanborn Map Company in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Place map_collection Q7415588
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Sanborn Maps

Summary

Sanborn Maps is a map collection[1].

Key Facts

  • Sanborn Maps is credited with the discovery of Daniel Alfred Sanborn[2].
  • Sanborn Maps's image is recorded as Insurance Map of Boston, D A Sanborn 1867.jpg[3].
  • Sanborn Maps's instance of is recorded as map collection[4].
  • Sanborn Maps's instance of is recorded as digitized map collection[5].
  • Sanborn Maps's owned by is recorded as Sanborn Map Company, Inc.[6].
  • Daniel Alfred Sanborn is named after Sanborn Maps[7].
  • Sanborn Maps's collection is recorded as Library of Congress[8].
  • Sanborn Maps's collection is recorded as ProQuest[9].
  • Sanborn Maps's location is recorded as Library of Congress[10].
  • Sanborn Maps's location is recorded as ProQuest[11].
  • Sanborn Maps's Commons category is recorded as Sanborn maps[12].
  • Sanborn Maps's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04jyf3[13].
  • Sanborn Maps's described at URL is recorded as https://www.loc.gov/collections/sanborn-maps/about-this-collection/[14].
  • Sanborn Maps's described at URL is recorded as https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-10-13/the-accidental-revelations-of-sanborn-maps[15].
  • Sanborn Maps's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States[16].
  • Sanborn Maps's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Canada[17].
  • Sanborn Maps's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Mexico[18].
  • Sanborn Maps's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Cuba[19].
  • Sanborn Maps's has part is recorded as fire insurance map[20].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include map collection[4] and digitized map collection[5].

History and Context

Sanborn Maps's owned by is recorded as Sanborn Map Company, Inc.[6]. Daniel Alfred Sanborn is named after it[7].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . loc.gov. loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . about.proquest.com. about.proquest.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . loc.gov. loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . about.proquest.com. about.proquest.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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