That's where it was!

A few weeks ago I wrote about photographs of cities showing what was no longer around. Today let me share - maps that document what once was:

"The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the availability
of a new online resource: Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns and Cities, 1884-1922.

The digital collection consists of 4,445 maps by the Sanborn Map Company
depicting commercial, industrial, and residential areas for 133
municipalities. Originally designed for fire insurance assessment, the
color-coded maps relate the location and use of buildings, as well as
the materials employed in their construction. The maps indicate which
city utilities--such as water and fire service--were available.
Fire insurance maps document the changing face of towns and cities,
providing highly detailed information for each neighborhood and block.
The Library of Congress web site refers to them as "probably the single
most important record of urban growth and development in the United
States during the past one hundred years."
The Sanborn Maps database is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia
as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA
funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services
through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of
Regents of the University System of Georgia. The maps represented are
from the University of Georgia Libraries Map Collection.

"Sanborn," "Sanborn Map," "Sanborn Map Company," and "Sanborn Fire
Insurance Maps" are recognized trademarks of the Sanborn Map Company, a
subsidiary of Environmental Data Resources, Inc. (EDR). The presentation
of the historic maps on this site is in no way connected with either the
Sanborn Map Company or Environmental Data Resources, Inc."

GALILEO
......Digital Library of Georgia (center of the page next to GALILEO Planet, right above Quick Help)
.........Collections A-Z (scroll down on the left)
............Jump to S
................Scroll down past the Sam's to Sanborn

The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.