Sanborn to Run: Overcoming Workplace Obstacles for Fire Insurance Surveyors
Posted by: Lena Mattson
Sanborn Map Company fire insurance surveyors successfully mapped many thousands of cities and towns across North America, but they were often viewed with suspicion by locals and they were not granted access to every building they sought to map. This post describes what happened when they were refused, and the creative ways they could sometimes get around property owners’ reservations about their work.
Posted in: 20th century cartography, American History, Reference Tools