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- Description:
- One map entitled "Guide Map of the City of Detroit." The map is printed in black ink on white paper and shows streets, street names, churches, ward numbers and boundaries, and railroad lines. Ward boundaries are shown in pale green lines. An alphabetical list of street names is shown at the top along with a list of recent street name changes. Also, the names of former ribbon farm owners are shown along the top of the map area with property boundaries shown in light dashed lines. The map was "Published by S. Farmer & Co., 35 Monroe Ave., corner Farmer St., Detroit, Mich." It was drawn by "Eugene Robinson, City Surveyor," at a scale of 1 inch = 900 feet and is dated 1872. The map was printed by "Corrie's Detroit Lithograph Office." The names and addresses of two advertisers are also printed on the map, namely, "Waterman's Real Estate Exchange" and James W. Frisbie, Dealer in Dry Goods, Millinery, Cloaks, Yankee Notions, & c."
- Date Issued:
- 1872-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Map of Detroit showing fire limits, paved streets, and sewers. It is printed in red, blue, and black ink on white paper and shows the streets, street names, railroads, and selected buildings in the downtown area. The map area is bounded by the Detroit River on the south, Twenty-Fourth Street on the west, the Grand Trunk Railroad on the north, and Mt. Elliott Avenue on the east. The map was "Printed by Order of the Common Council from Drawings by Eugene Robinson, City Surveyor, 1870." A map scale is not indicated. It was printed by "Corrie's Detroit Lith. Office."
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
