Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Covers: San Francisco Sanborn Insurance Map Atlas, Vol. 1.

Author: 
Sanborn-Perris Map Company, Limited
Date: 
1905
Short Title: 
Covers: San Francisco Sanborn Insurance Map Atlas, Vol. 1.
Publisher: 
Sanborn-Perris Map Company, Limited
Publisher Location: 
New York
Type: 
Covers
Obj Height cm: 
69
Obj Width cm: 
48
Note: 
Bound in 1.5 cm thick heavy cardboard boards with what appears to be thin black fabric, red leather quarter binding and corner reinforcement (very worn), and worn gray cloth labeled on the front in black lettering, "San Francisco CALIFORNIA. VOL. 1".
City: 
San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject: 
Insurance, Fire
Full Title: 
(Covers to San Francisco Sanborn Insurance Maps.) Volume One Insurance Maps. San Francisco, California. Published by Sanborn-Perris Map Co. Limited, 115 Broadway, New York. 1899. Scale, 50 Ft. to an Inch. Copyright 1899, by the Sanborn-Perris Map Co. Limited.
List No: 
5850.001
Series No: 
1
Publication Author: 
Sanborn-Perris Map Company, Limited
Pub Date: 
1905
Pub Title: 
Insurance Maps. San Francisco, California. Published by Sanborn-Perris Map Co. Limited, 115 Broadway, New York. 1899. Scale, 50 Ft. to an Inch. Copyright 1899, by the Sanborn-Perris Map Co. Limited.
Pub Note: 
A series of six detailed insurance map volumes reflecting the specific building uses and construction types for the City of San Francisco in September 1905. This was just six months before the devastating April 1906 Earthquake and Fire. These volumes were in fact damaged by the fire but remain largely intact with some content loss in some of the volumes. The atlases are the property of the San Francisco Public Library. Original 1899 survey is overlaid with pasted-in building updates for ten different dates, the last being September 1905. Maps in full color with detailed legend including firehouses, stables, elevators, chimneys, steam boilers, firewalls, doorways, etc.
Pub List No: 
5850.000
Pub Type: 
City Atlas
Pub Height cm: 
69
Pub Width cm: 
48
Image No: 
5850001
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Authors: 
Sanborn-Perris Map Company, Limited