In the mid-1800s, the fledgling U.S. insurance industry began commissioning mapmakers to produce specialized maps to assess fire risks in urban areas. Many of these historic fire insurance maps have ...

WASHINGTON, May 25-- The Library of Congress issued the following news: The Library of Congress has placed online nearly 25,000 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, which depict the structure and use of ...

The maps were the product of the Pelham, New York, Sanborn Map Company, a firm dedicated to providing up-to-date information for fire insurance companies. Kristi Palmer s 2013 article Fire Insurance ...

Intended as documentation for the fire insurance industry, the maps produced by the Sanborn Map Company have become essential tools in researching and documenting the history of New York City. Learn ...

U.S. Magistrate Judge Ona Wang of the Southern District of New York has recommended that a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by The Sanborn Library for the alleged copying of its fire insurance ...