Showing posts with label Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Library of Congress Photos and Maps of the Bronx

Found this image of Bronx apartment, taken in 1936, not far from where my mother was brought up. Thank you, American Memory project from Library of Congress. Wonderful way to see old furniture and rooms from era.

2022 update: I'm also using the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress collection to look up buildings where my ancestors lived in the Bronx before the middle of the 20th Century.