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Re: [BRHSlist] Illinois Sanborn Maps

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Illinois Sanborn Maps
From: railbass@a...
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 03:47:43 +0000
You might check with local historical societies for Sanborn maps. Our 
Colorado Historical Society has a rather full collection, even including some 
maps outside of Colorado.
- John Manion
Denver, CO
> List,
> The subject of Sanborn maps has come up again. Things seem to be
> getting better for finding these. Any resident of Illinois can go to
> a university or college that belongs to IDAL (Illinois Digital
> Academic Library) and have on-site access to any Sanborn map in the
> state. This type of system probably applies to most any other state. 
> These collections are through the http://sanborn.umi.com web site. 
> The IDAL site is http://www.idal.illinois.edu and can help find
> participating sites. The problem I ran into is the on-site part due
> to copyright issues. Living in Texas and wanting Sanborn maps from
> Illinois is problematic, but going to the BRHS spring meet will solve
> that. I will be spending part of my time down the road at Illinois
> Valley Community College downloading maps.
> 
> Eric Mumper
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