Feb 19 2011
Branded as: Typography
Sanborn Maps were created for assessing fire insurance liability in urban areas throughout the U.S. In short, they give detailed information on towns and building structures. To get an idea of what sort of information was collected take a peek here. The title pages above give an indication of the sort of aesthetic and detail found within the volumes themselves.
OUT THERE
- Solar bottle lights
- Brilliant
- Why Amish Men Grow Beards But Not Mustaches
- via Coudal.com
- Who stole the Mona Lisa?
- How the famous painting wound up on the kitchen table of a house painter for two years.
- Six-Penny Anthems II
- A classic Bearskinrug Article. Get your wallet out.
- Infra Red Pyramids
- So cool
- BE NICE OR LEAVE
- want.
- Stockholm flat
- I'll take it.
- The only way to play guitar
- It's sort of like Richie Havens' style only...squared.
- A 240-Year-Old Map Is Reborn
- Stunning restoration of a rare map of New York City
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