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Thanks for the tip. For 40 years I've been trudging to MLK and struggling with the hard bound copies and film. Nice to know LOC has some digitized ones.

Not sure she's still there but Dorothy Provine at National Archives was always the go-to for "impossible to find" items so NA also has a large collection of plats and records.

The early Blaists are especially important because a fire in the 1870's destroyed most city records prior to that and the insurance maps are the best way to glean information on what was there prior.

Blaists (and other company maps) were done for insurance underwriters so they show extreme detail as to dimensions, construction materials, building use, and where what size water lines were.

by Tom Coumaris on Mar 1, 2012 8:28 am • link • report

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