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Sanborn's Insurance Atlas Volume two for Jacksonville, Florida with 1913 copyright date and pasted updates from 1920's, 1940's - 1950's. The manuscript correction record shows 12 sets of corrections between April 1949 and April 1960, but earlier updates appear to have been made. A very heavy atlas published by Sanborn Map Company, Broadway New York.
Volume two coverage includes downtown north Jacksonville with almost all important river frontage along the St. John's River south of Long Branch Creek. A quick sampling of features includes Jacksonville Memorial Stadium- the GATOR BOWL, City Hall, Jacksonville Gas Company, Sinclair Refining Company storage plant, Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock and Repair.
Pages have not been counted or checked for completeness but the sheets are generally in good condition with linen binder's tabs still holding all tightly in place in the metal binder. Built to last! Many sheets are original to 1913 (see bottom right corner) with pasted updates; some sheets have been replaced over time.
Numerous (hundreds) of pasted updates over five decades make this an invaluable cartographic researcher's reference source for Jacksonville, Florida in the first half of the 20th century. In some cases entire new updated sheets are pasted over old sheets. It is possible, in theory, to perform an "archaeological" unpasting all the way down to the original base maps from 1913. For example sheets 171 and 172 show pasted overlays of an new East Expressway laid over the original 1913 base maps, potentially providing a clear picture of urban renewal in action.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1913
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States
BODY OF WATER: St. John's River
CONDITION: Fair.
Some light water damage with waviness. Original cover disintegrating but pages intact in Sanford's metal binding system. Pages with remnants of tabs. Stable but not pretty.
COLORING: Colored.
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 21
" x
24 "
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