Fire Insurance Map of the American Writing Paper Co., Holyoke, Massachusetts, Surveyed April 23, 1914
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Fire insurance maps provided information to insurance companies about potential risks to homes, businesses, and factories. These maps -- with their easily identifiable symbols and color-coding -- depicted structural features, types of construction, and locations of fire hazards. Armed with this information, insurance underwriters could propose reasonable rates and offer protection against possible catastrophic financial loss in the event of a fire.
Fire insurance maps provided information to insurance companies about potential risks to homes, businesses, and factories. These maps -- with their easily identifiable symbols and color-coding -- depicted structural features, types of construction, and locations of fire hazards. Armed with this information, insurance underwriters could propose reasonable rates and offer protection against possible catastrophic financial loss in the event of a fire.
Artifact
Fire insurance map
Date Made
1914
Subject Date
23 April 1914
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Made in America
Object ID
86.1.1694.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Drawing (Image-making)
Printing (Process)
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