17/02/2011

A hundred years old!

These gorgeous graphics date back to the 19th Century and are simply the cover pages to fire insurance maps for various cities around the United States. Made by D. A. Sanborn National Insurance Diagram Bureau established in New York City in 1867. Sanborn is still around today, check them out here. Via Juxtapoz.



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