Summary Information
Sanborn Map Company, Inc. Maps
1884-1965
MSS 058, Micro 1
2.0 cubic feet
1 bound volume, 1 flat archives box, 3 reels of 35 mm microfilm
La Crosse Public Library (Map)
The Sanborn Map Company, Inc., was formed in 1876, and was primarily concerned with producing maps for the fire insurance industry. Today their maps have developed into a tool with myriad purposes. This set of fire insurance maps on microfilm includes La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1884; La Crosse and Onalaska 1887, 1891, 1906, 1906 edition with additions to 1944 and corrections to 1949, and a 1906 edition republished in 1954. In hard copy are a bound volume of the 1906 edition with additions to 1944 and corrections to 1952 and a disbound set of the 1906 edition, republished in 1954, with amendments dated 1956 and corrections to 1965. A color photocopy was made for use while the original disbound volumes are stored in an archival box. Other Wisconsin cities available on microfilm are Kenosha, 1886-1950; Kewaskum, 1894; Kewaunee, 1885-1933; Kiel, 1900-1925; Kilbourn City, 1885-1925; Knapp, 1925; Manitowoc, 1956; Oshkosh, 1957; Sheboygan, 1955; Superior, 1955; and Wausau, 1954.
English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.lcpl-mss058 ↑ Bookmark this ↑
OCLC Number
47635277
Acquisitions Information
(Accession nos. 1999.022, 2007.048)
Two reels of 35 mm microfilm purchased from Chadwyck-Healey, Inc., filmed from the collections of the Library of Congress. The original bound maps are still held by the Library of Congress. [Chadwyk-Healey numbers La Crosse 9595 reel #9 ( -1950) and #28 (1950-1970).]
A bound set of Sanborn maps owned by the La Crosse Public Library has been added to this collection. This map dates 1906 with corrections to 1952. Another bound set consisting of two volumes was acquired in 2007 from the City Assessor's Office. A color photocopy was made for use and the original volumes disbound and stored in an archival box. This map set is the 1906 edition, republished in 1954, with amendments dated 1956 and corrections to 1965.
Access to Materials
Materials in this collection are available for patron use.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sanborn Map Company, Inc. Maps, MSS 058, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI
Processing Information
Processed by Anita Taylor Doering, August 1999; updated 2009.
Scope and Contents
Although the maps were purchased mainly for the information they contain on La Crosse, Wisconsin, cartographic information about other cities in Wisconsin is also available. The maps originally came on two reels, but one was spliced for user ease, thus creating three reels of microfilm.
This set of fire insurance maps on microfilm includes La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1884; La Crosse and Onalaska 1887, 1891, 1906, 1906 edition with additions to 1944 and corrections to 1949, and a 1906 edition republished in 1954. In hard copy are a bound volume of the 1906 edition with additions to 1944 and corrections to 1952 and a disbound set of the 1906 edition, republished in 1954, with amendments dated 1956 and corrections to 1965. A color photocopy was made for use while the original disbound volumes are stored in an archival box.
Other Wisconsin cities available on microfilm are Kenosha, 1886-1950; Kewaskum, 1894; Kewaunee, 1885-1933; Kiel, 1900-1925; Kilbourn City, 1885-1925; Knapp, 1925; Manitowoc, 1956; Oshkosh, 1957; Sheboygan, 1955; Superior, 1955; and Wausau, 1954.
Historical Note
The Sanborn Map Company, Inc., was formed in 1876. The company's purpose in producing finely detailed maps of cities was described in their
1905 Surveyor's Manual for the Exclusive Use and Guidance of Employees , "Our maps are made for the purpose of showing at a glance the character of the fire-insurance risks of all buildings. [Fire insurance functionaries] depend on the accuracy of our publications...incurring large financial risks without making personal examinations of the properties."
From an article in
Historic Preservation by Kim Keister (May/June 1993, pp. 42-49; 91-92) many researchers use them, though not for their original purpose of fire insurance. "Simply stated, the Sanborn maps survive as a guide to American urbanization that is unrivaled by other cartography and, for that matter, by few documentary resources of any kind."
The microfilmed maps in this collection are housed by the Library of Congress' Map & Geography Division.
Subject Terms
- Insurance, Fire--Wisconsin--Maps
- La Crosse (Wis.)--Maps
- Wisconsin--Maps
Contents List
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La Crosse
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Reel 1
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[sheets 1-17], 1884
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La Crosse & Onalaska
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[sheets 1-19 La Crosse; 20-22 Onalaska], 1887
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[sheets 1-35 La Crosse; 36-38 Onalaska], 1891
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[sheets 1-92 La Crosse; 93-96 Onalaska], 1906
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1906 edition; corrections to 1944 or 1949 [sheets 1-103; 97-98; 22-23 (1940); 99-102 La Crosse; 93-96 Onalaska]
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Volume 1
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1906 edition; corrections to 1944 or 1952 [sheets 1-92 La Crosse; 93-96 Onalaska; 97-103 La Crosse (added sheets dated 1921-1944)]
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Reel 2
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1906 edition; republished 1954 vol. 1 South side of La Crosse including part of the Town of Shelby, vol. 2 North side of La Crosse including Onalaska
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Box 1
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1906 edition; republished 1954; with amendments dated 1956, and corrections to 1965
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Reel 2
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Manitowoc, 1956
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Oshkosh (vol. 1 and vol. 2), 1957
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Reel 2
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Sheboygan (vol. 1 and vol. 2), 1955
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Reel 2
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Superior, 1955
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Reel 2
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Wausau, 1954
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Kenosha
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, 1886
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, 1890
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, 1894
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Reel 3
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, 1900
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, 1905
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Reel 3
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, 1911
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Reel 3
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, 1918
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Reel 3
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1918 edition with corrections to 1950
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Kewaskum, 1894
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Kewaunkee
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, 1885
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, 1905
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, 1923
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, 1933
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Kiel
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Reel 3
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, 1900
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Reel 3
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, 1911
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, 1925
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Kilbourn City
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Reel 3
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, 1885
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Reel 3
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, 1925
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Knapp, 1925
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