{"id":1835288,"date":"2024-12-10T18:49:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T23:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1835288"},"modified":"2024-12-10T18:49:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T23:49:23","slug":"the-art-and-typography-of-sanborn-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/12\/the-art-and-typography-of-sanborn-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art and Typography of Sanborn Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are plenty of online resources about Sanborn maps (and other fire insurance maps); Brandon Silverman has built a website focusing on the art and typography found on Sanborn maps\u2019 cover and title pages<\/a>, with literally thousands of examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously: Fire Insurance Maps Online<\/a>; A Guide to the Library of Congress\u2019s Collection of Fire Insurance Maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are plenty of online resources about Sanborn maps (and other fire insurance maps); Brandon Silverman has built a website focusing on the art and typography found on Sanborn maps\u2019 cover and title pages, with… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[429,428],"class_list":["post-1835288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-fire-insurance","tag-sanborn","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1790210,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/02\/fire-insurance-maps-online\/","url_meta":{"origin":1835288,"position":0},"title":"Fire Insurance Maps Online","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"23 February 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"Penn State University Libraries\u2019 collection of Pennsylvania Sanborn fire insurance maps dates to 1925, which means that as of this year they\u2019re in the public domain\u2014and freely available to use. 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