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Villages of Buzzards Bay [and] Village of South Pocasset, [and] Village of West Sandwich.

  • ARTIST: George Walker

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Geo. H. Walker & Co., 81 Milk St., Boston.

  • MEDIUM: Hand colored lithograph,

    DATE: 1880.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 15 3/4 x 12 3/4" (39.7 x 32.5 cm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: From Geo. H. Walker & Co.’s 1880 ‘Atlas of Barnstable County, Massachusetts.’ The Walker Company was formed in the late 1870s by George Hiram Walker and his brother Oscar. They were very prolific, publishing maps, atlases and bird's eye views of New England locales. This map has three small sectional maps of the town of Sandwich: Buzzards Bay, South Pocasset, and West Sandwich. These are street maps showing roads and privately owned plots of land, and include landmarks such as barns, cemeteries, parsonages, churches, and stores.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition save for occasional short tear in sheet edges. Original color.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps