AGSL Cartographic Collections - Fire Insurance Maps

Microform

Paper

Digital

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Sanborn Maps show detailed drawings of town or city blocks with buildings color coded according to type (brick, wood, etc).

The American Geographical Society Library's collection of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps consists of paper maps, microfilm, and digital maps. Geographical coverage is listed below by media.

 

Microfilm

The years below are ranges for each entire state. Coverage for each individual city or town within a state may not include the entire range of years listed.

• Massachusetts State Maps, 1884-1933
• Maryland State Maps, 1885-1953
• Pennsylvania, 1884-1951 (some republished in 1956)
• Pennsylvania, 1884-1951 (some republished in 1956)
• Wisconsin, 1884-1951 (some republished in 1956)

 

Paper Maps

• City of Appleton, 1924
• City of Fond du Lac, 1927
• City of Kenosha (Central), 1918
• City of Milwaukee (Central), 1894
• City of Milwaukee (Northern, Central, Southern and Western), 1910
• City of Milwaukee (Western), 1927
• City of Milwaukee (Northwestern), 1930
• City of Milwaukee (Southestern), 1937

 

Digital Sanborn Maps

These maps are accessable in the UWM Libraries to the general public, or off-campus only to UWM Students, staff, and faculty with valid ID numbers.

• Wisconsin, 1884 - 1951.