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Sanborn Fire Maps
Posted by:
CrazyIvan25
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Date: November 18, 2013 12:55PM
How do I go about finding my neighborhood on the site?
Re: Sanborn Fire Maps
Posted by:
shekaago
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Date: November 18, 2013 03:14PM
Hi CrazyIvan25,
The way I access the Sanborn Maps is through the Chicago Public Library site. There is a link to the "Index" which lists Chicago Community Areas with the corresponding date and Volume number (or) letter. Once you find the area you are interested in, you can then go to the Sanborn Maps Site and search the fire maps. It sounds a bit complicated but once you work with the Sanborn site a few times it becomes easy. Let me know if I can help in any way.
The way I access the Sanborn Maps is through the Chicago Public Library site. There is a link to the "Index" which lists Chicago Community Areas with the corresponding date and Volume number (or) letter. Once you find the area you are interested in, you can then go to the Sanborn Maps Site and search the fire maps. It sounds a bit complicated but once you work with the Sanborn site a few times it becomes easy. Let me know if I can help in any way.
Re: Sanborn Fire Maps
Posted by:
CrazyIvan25
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Date: November 18, 2013 06:15PM
oh cool thank you shekaago! I forgot that I can do that through the CPL!
Re: Sanborn Fire Maps
Posted by:
shekaago
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Date: November 18, 2013 07:09PM
Anytime! :-)
Re: Sanborn Fire Maps
Posted by:
Mr Downtown
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Date: November 21, 2013 02:18AM
Here's a finding aid I made:
http://chicagoinmaps.com/sanbornsguide.html
http://chicagoinmaps.com/sanbornsguide.html
Re: Sanborn Fire Maps
Posted by:
shekaago
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Date: November 21, 2013 01:19PM
Thanks so much, Mr. Downtown, for this very helpful guide!
Re: Sanborn Fire Maps
Posted by:
bowler
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Date: November 22, 2013 05:30PM
Mr. Downtown,I'm assuming that is your chicagoinmaps website. Wow, an awesome collection of maps. But, many of the maps that link to cartweb don't seem to work for me. I'd love to see many of those maps.
Re: Sanborn Fire Maps
Posted by:
daveg
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Date: November 22, 2013 05:49PM
Thanks for the Sanborn Guide, Mr. Downtown (aka Dennis?) It's gonna help my future dives into that pool.
Re: Sanborn Fire Maps
Posted by:
Mr Downtown
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Date: November 23, 2013 01:02PM
Yes, a lot of the cartweb links seem to now be broken. I keep meaning to get in touch with the University of Alabama to see if they can fix those.
Re: Sanborn Fire Maps
Posted by:
bowler
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Date: November 27, 2013 09:36PM
Mr. Downtown, I found a lot of the same maps at this site:
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states/illinois/Chicago.htm
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states/illinois/Chicago.htm
Re: Sanborn Fire Maps
Posted by:
daveg
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Date: November 30, 2013 02:14PM
bowler Wrote:
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> Mr. Downtown, I found a lot of the same maps at
> this site:
>
> http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states
> /illinois/Chicago.htm
Good catch Rob. Thanks.
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> Mr. Downtown, I found a lot of the same maps at
> this site:
>
> http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states
> /illinois/Chicago.htm
Good catch Rob. Thanks.
Re: Sanborn Fire Maps
Posted by:
WayOutWardell
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Date: December 01, 2013 01:19PM
Thanks for that link!
