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Mapping Places From Above: A Peak into the BPL’s Bird’s-Eye View Map Collection

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Mapping Places From Above: A Peak into the BPL’s Bird’s-Eye View Map Collection

October 5 @ 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT

Cost: Free

The Boston Public Library holds a remarkable collection of approximately 500 bird’s-eye view maps from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. How were these maps produced? How accurate are they? What sorts of historical information can we learn from them?

Join the Leventhal Map & Education Center for a deep dive on bird’s-eye view maps of Boston, mapmaking techniques and more.

This event is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served. It’s co-hosted by the Jamaica Plain Branch Library, the Leventhal Map & Education Center and the JP Historical Society and will be in a hybrid format. You can attend in-person or via Zoom. Please use this link to register https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_454pRxlOQUWnmlcIUeFPgw

Details

Date:
October 5
Time:
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Cost:
Free
Website:
jphs.org/events

Organizer

Jamaica Plain Historical Society
Email:
info@jphs.org
Website:
www.jphs.org

Other

Region
Greater Boston

Venue

Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library
30 South Street
Jamaica Plain, 02130
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Phone:
617-524-2053
Website:
https://www.bpl.org/locations

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