Sanborn Fire Insurance Map TypographyTitle pages, headings and letterforms clipped, cropped and isolated from maps and map publications issued between about 1880 and 1920. "D. A. Sanborn, a young surveyor from Somerville, Massachusetts, was engaged in 1866 by the Aetna Insurance Company to prepare insurance maps for several cities in Tennessee. [..] Before working for Aetna, Sanborn conducted surveys and compiled an atlas of the city
