Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

[kurumi]

These predate the numbered highways we know and love, but have detailed layouts of 19th/20th century cities. Map lovers will like the artwork of some pages and covers shown here: http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/02/sanborn-fire-insurance-map-typography.html

[NE2]

Sometimes they can be useful for pure roadgeek purposes, such as finding the alignments of auto trails. For example, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00074177/00002/1x?td=haines&vo=3 shows the Dixie Highway west of Lake Eva.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

http://sanborn.umi.com/
They're good to have, but a pain to locate.

[NE2]

http://sanborn.umi.com/
They're good to have, but a pain to locate.

This link only works if you're somewhere (like a university campus) that has subscribed to them.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

http://sanborn.umi.com/
They're good to have, but a pain to locate.

This link only works if you're somewhere (like a university campus) that has subscribed to them.

I know, and usually those libraries only cover their own state (LSU - Louisiana, Jackson St - Mississippi, Ohio St. - Ohio, etc)