1925
Maker: Sanborn Map Co..
Antique hand colored map showing Wards 4 and 5, part of Brookline, Massachusetts, from the Brookline Mass. Atlas by the Sanborn Map Company of New York, 1925. Ward 4: Streets shown in this map are Commonwealth Ave, Pleasant St, Dummer, Egmont, Thatcher, and St. Paul. Top of map shows Boston boundary. Landmarks on this map are several fire-proof buildings including Chandler & Farquhar Co Mechanist & Mill Supplies, an Auto Seat Cover Factory, the brick or stone building belonging to White Motor Co. Auto Service Station, as well as a private school, a club, an empty space labeled in pencil as Brookline Housing Authority, many frame buildings, some brick, stone and concrete buildings. Reverse side shows Ward 5 of Brookline. Streets shown in this map are Commonwealth Ave, Amory, Dummer, Egmont, Thatcher, and St. Paul. Top of map shows Boston boundary. Landmarks on this map are several fire-proof buildings belongings to Auto Sales, Used Car Sales, Auto Service, Heating Equipment and Supplies, Tire Stock, Electrical Supplies, and Garage companies, Auto Stalls at the center of the map, many concrete or cement brick buildings and red brick buildings. This map was added to and corrected over time to update buildings and streets. There are small rectangles of paper with updates glued to the page and the updates were recorded and signed in a table at the front of the atlas. Fair Antique condition; page is wavy, pencil marks from updates, some darkening/staining at edges, overall light toning, edge has torn red leather atlas tab and an imprint from another atlas tab. Pencil marking can potentially be removed. Approx. 26.5" x 18".
Item Number: MAS1548