REAL ESTATE ATLAS of PRINCETON, N.J. Published by FRANKLIN SURVEY COMPANY, Philadelphia, PA, 1930. Hardcovers, large folio volume, 20x25 inches. Contains 4 double-page linen backed, hand colored maps. VERY GOOD condition, some soiling to the covers, otherwise a solid, bright, clean copy. The maps are very nice, my photos do not do them justice.

SANBORN INSURANCE MAPS of PRINCETON, NJ. Published by SANBORN MAP COMPANY, Pelham, New York, 1927. Hardcovers, large folio volume, 22x25 inches. Front cover disbound but present (i.e. laid on loosely). Contains 24 large, hand-colored maps, printed on both sides of 12 large leaves. The maps are all dated 1927, when this volume was printed, but there are a few later tipped on and pasted on addendums on the Index map (the first map). FAIR condition, the front cover is disbound as noted above and both covers have soiling, scrapes and water stains; internally the maps all have waviness and stiffness, age toning to the margins, and some offsetting here and there, but remain bright, clean and clear. A nice set of these Princeton Sanborn Insurance maps. As in the other volume, my photos do not do the maps justice.

These maps of Princeton, New Jersey, have become almost impossible to find. I can't find any held copies of the Franklin Survey Real Estate Atlas of Princeton. Princeton University holds some Sanborn Insurance Maps (see"Sanborn Maps of New Jersey: Princeton").

About SANBORN MAPS (from the Princeton University website):

******The Sanborn Map Company is the oldest mapping company in the United States. Founded in 1866, the company created detailed building maps of cities and towns all across the country, primarily for use by insurance companies. These maps also have been used extensively by local government agencies for over a century in conducting their daily operations efficiently. Approximately 12,000 American cities and towns are chronicled in the company's collection of over one million maps. As a result of its history, the name "Sanborn" has become synonymous with this kind of map. Genealogists, local history buffs, city planners, architects, and countless others have been drawn to the quality of detail found in them.******

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A Rare Viewbook of the City of Paris, compiled by the Commercial Club of Paris, Illinois.

Published by the Commercial Club of Paris, Illinois. Printed by Charles A. Lawes & Co., Printers, Chicago. 1904 First and only edition. Oblong, 10.25" x 6.75", brown soft card covers with embossed iridescent gilt titling to front, small printers device to middle of the rear cover, red string tied and staple bound, 72 unnumbered pages (complete as issued, collated with copy held at University of Illinois), handsomely illustrated throughout with 34 pages of black & white photographs including industries, homes, and parkland, displayed within a decorative border. The text describes Paris including specific businesses, cultural and civic institutions. VERY GOOD Condition: light wear and a few small scuffs to the covers, and spinefolds, light top outer corner-tip bump affecting inner pages, spots of light foxing, and light signs of wear, otherwise, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid and lovely copy of this scarce viewbook. OCLC records only two copies held, rare book rooms of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, and Vigo County Public Library Indiana.

The Commercial Club of Paris, a forerunner to the Chamber of Commerce, was an elite group of successful businessmen and a few women who were actively promoting the economic and cultural development of the city (all of whom are noted at the rear of the book). With this very descriptive 1904 publication they showcase the scenic beauty of the city of Paris and its existing commercial and cultural prosperity, while simultaneously seeking to grow Paris into a leading modern industrial center and a very desirable business and family friendly place to come and live.

SOCIAL STUDIES FOR GREEK SPEAKING NEWCOMERS IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

GREEK LANGUAGE book meant to teach newly arrived Greek Immigrants the basics of the U.S. and Chicago Government, Laws, Rules, Society and Customs.

Produced by the Board of Education, City of Chicago, Joseph P. Hannon, General Superintendent of Schools, 1977.

The title page states "Working Draft". I have never seen another copy, so perhaps this book was never actually published for distribution.

VERY GOOD condition, there is a dime size stain to the upper spine corner of the front cover, and light wear to the spine ends and corner tips; internally, there is a signature on the title page, otherwise bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

An interesting item relating to attempts to INTEGRATE GREEK IMMIGRANT CHILDREN into CHICAGO.

TRAILS WEST : PARKER COUNTY TEXAS CEMETERIES Northwest Quadrant, Volume IV. By the Cemetery Project Committee, Kaye Vernon, Chairperson, et al. Published by Parker County Genealogical Society, Weatherford, Texas, 1999. Presumed first edition. From the Acknowledgement Page: "The information in this volume has been obtained not only from the markers, but from family records, obituaries, death certificates, family histories, and other sources. Some of the stones read back in the 1960s and 1970s are now missing or are no longer readable..." Plastic spiral bound, blue paper front and rear cover pages, clear plastic front and rear protectors, plain white inner pages, 8.5x11 inches, 334 pages. GOOD condition, coffee staining to the top page edges especially near the spine, and a smaller amount to the bottom page edges near the spine (page edges of the closed book, not affecting the inner pages); a crease to the bottom corner of the front cover, some of the early pages, the bottom corner of the rear cover, and some of the latter pages; a bit of soiling to the covers; otherwise tight, bright, clear and unmarked. A hard to find genealogical study of Parker County, Texas.

TWO LARGE SCRAPBOOKS kept by JEAN (Jeannie) LA BREE of CASSELTON, NORTH DAKOTA. 1950s-1980s.

The scrapbooks consist of two large, 15x13 inch, 3 ring binders with vinyl covers, each with approximately 30 leaves (i.e. 60 pages) that are covered with plastic. Almost every page is filled with glued or tipped in articles, photographs, cards, notes, letters, and other ephemera related to Casselton, North Dakota, and to the life of Jean La Bree from the 1950s through the early 1980s as a High Schooler in Casselton; a college student in Missouri, Miami and New York; an aspiring model and professional dancer in New York; etc.

One scrapbook contains a lot of pages filled with clipped articles and photographs related to Casselton, North Dakota, where Jean La Bree grew up and where her father was a lawyer; lots of pages filled with travel ephemera; and lots of pages filled with ephemera from New York including modeling photos, dance photos, Hunter College items, a Birdland Jazz Center item, etc. etc. While in New York was Jean La Bree a model, dancer, student at Hunter, a jazz aficionado? The dates range from the 1950s to the early 1980s.

The other scrapbook has a handwritten title on the spine that says: "JEANNE COLLEGE YEARS: Stephens [Stephens College] Columbia, Missouri; University of Miami; Etc." The first page includes an announcement of Commencement Exercises for the Senior Class of Stephens College. It is dated 1952 and has the signature of Jeannie Claire La Bree. Did she then take her AA degree and go to the University of Miami, then Hunter College (New York)? Looks like she did. Lots of college related ephemera including photographs of fellow students and friends, newspaper clippings (including a number of articles about Panty Raids that turned nasty), programs, banners etc. What's a cloth Confederate Flag doing in here? Hmmm.

The Scrapbooks are in VERY GOOD condition.

The 1940 census provides the following information on Jean La Bree - Age: 7; Born: North Dakota, Casselton; Gender: Female; Home in 1940: Casselton, North Dakota; Father Gordon La Bree 39, Mother Olga La Bree 35.

What happened to Jean Claire La Bree after 1940 is in these two filled scrapbooks. This Casselton, North Dakota, girl who moved on to live an adventurous woman's life is just waiting to be uncovered. By you.

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