| Author | Message | ||
     joso Citizen Username: Joso Post Number: 219 Registered: 5-2001 |
Check this out. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl?data=/home/www/data/gmd/gmd381/g3814/g 3814m/pm005190.sid&style=citymap&itemLink=r?ammem/gmd:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(g3814m+pm005190))+@field(COLLID+citymap))&title=Bird's-eye-view%20of%20Maplewood,%20N.J.%20Drawn%20by%20 H.%20S.%20Wyllie. | ||
| algebra2 Citizen Username: Algebra2 Post Number: 1950 Registered: 5-2001  |
I have a copy of that map. I bought it on ebay a while back | ||
| Rebecca Raines Citizen Username: Robin_realist Post Number: 153 Registered: 10-2003 |
I think that map is earlier than 1910. It's difficult to read be cause it isn't N-S aligned but it looks like our area was still forrest at the time the map was drawn. I'm pretty sure that most houses on our street were built over 1906-7 as part of one of the first subdivisions. R | ||
| Dan Sachs Citizen Username: Mensadan Post Number: 1 Registered: 8-2004 |
History buffs of Maplewood--take a look at the house that HS Wyllie has drawn just above the "EYE" of the "Birds Eye View" near the bottom. That house was where we lived from 1950-59. BUT, it wasn't located where it's shown. Notice that back in ~1910 Harvard Av. stopped at Oberlin St. After this map was drawn, the hose was actually MOVED to the left--right at the curve (angle) on Oberlin. My family was told about the move when we bought it--for $19,900!!! We bought it from the Dines family, and my father sold it to a Mr. Fields. It's a BIG house. Wyllie did a great job with his drawing-it is easy to spot things about the house that identify it. Dan Sachs--presently living/working in Milan, Italy | ||
| Joan Citizen Username: Joancrystal Post Number: 3424 Registered: 5-2001 |
Dan: Thanks for the fascinating info. | ||
| Phil Citizen Username: Barleyrooty Post Number: 815 Registered: 5-2001  |
It wasn't much before 1910. My house, built in 1907, is on the map. | ||
| ReallyTrying Citizen Username: Reallytrying Post Number: 478 Registered: 1-2003  |
I'm trying to figure out what's what in the map. What is the long road, running from the upper left to middle right? If I could identify a few roads, it would make more sense. | ||
| gj1 Citizen Username: Gj1 Post Number: 53 Registered: 11-2003 |
That's the railroad. You can zoom in to see the map in more detail. BTW...the map is clearly labeled Oct. & Nov. 1910. |
