Bird's eye view and sketch of house lots for sale on Norfolk Hills in Braintree & Weymouth : belonging to Messrs A.H. Hews and Charles A. Mason

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Title:
Bird's eye view and sketch of house lots for sale on Norfolk Hills in Braintree & Weymouth : belonging to Messrs A.H. Hews and Charles A. Mason
Title (alt.):
House lots for sale on Norfolk Hills in Braintree and Weymouth
Cartographer:
W.A. Mason & Son
Name on Item:
W.A. Mason & Son, surveyors
Date:
[ca. 1898]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Prints
Genre:
Aerial views
Cadastral maps
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Real property--Massachusetts--Braintree--Maps
Real property--Massachusetts--Weymouth--Maps
Braintree (Mass.)--Aerial views
Weymouth (Mass.)--Aerial views
Hews, Abraham, 1797-1868
Mason, Charles A.
Blanchard, A. W.
Places:
Massachusetts > Norfolk (county) > Braintree
Massachusetts > Plymouth (county) > Hull
Extent:
1 view ; 36 x 61 cm, on sheet 56 x 72 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Cambridgeport : W.A. Mason & Son
Language:
English
Notes:
Bird's-eye view and lot plan promoting property in Norfolk Hills.
Includes 5 illustrations in border: Looking towards the river -- Public Library Weymouth -- Glimpse of the town -- Weymouth high school -- Thayer Academy (children of purchasers of these lots are entitled to free tuition at the Thayer Academy) -- School in Braintree.
Cartouches at top of map for real estate agent A. W. Blanchard and for surveyor and developer W.A. Mason & Son.
Boston Public Library copy is a combination of the top and bottom parts of 2 separate copies of the view. Surveyor W.A. Mason & Son likely used the verso of extra copies of the printed views for manuscript surveys of Kinnaird St. in Cambridge. The two pieces were later taped together. Surveys include references to their survey notes, some of which are in the Dana F. Perkins surveying records at the Boston Public Library.
Identifier:
06_01_018768A
06_01_018768B
Call #:
G3764.B7:2N6G46 1898 .W32
Barcode:
39999085969887