Map showing the sources of some of the offensive odors perceived in Boston, 1878

Map showing the sources of some of the offensive odors perceived in Boston, 1878

Item Information

Title:
Map showing the sources of some of the offensive odors perceived in Boston, 1878
Cartographer:
Boston (Mass.). Board of Health (1872-1914)
Draftsman:
Coombs, Wm. M. (William M.)
Printer:
Heliotype Printing Co.
Name on Item:
Wm. M. Coombs del.
Date:
[1878]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
Sanitation--Massachusetts--Boston
Sewerage--Massachusetts--Boston
Odors--Massachusetts--Boston
Places:
Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 map : color ; 43 x 56 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/w3765q66z
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Boston : Heliotype Printing Co.
Scale:
Scale approximately 15,840
Language:
English
Notes:
Indicates outlets of sewers, mud-sewage flats, places of offensive trades, and districts affected by wind direction.
Oriented with north to the upper right.
Detached from Boston City documents, volume 3, number 68.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "More or less in common: environment and justice in the human landscape," organized by Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library, 2022.
Identifier:
06_01_017932
Call #:
G3764.B6N852 1878 .B67
Barcode:
39999085949160