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Electronic Resources from
1912 Key West Sanborn map—page of map showing RR station in Key West.
The maps were mainly designed to help fire insurance agents determine the degree of damage to a property and show accurate information to help them determine risks and establish premiums. They showed the size (including color-coding), shape and construction of buildings (brick, adobe, frame, etc), dwellings (including hotels and churches), and other structures such as bridges, docks and barns. Along with fire stations, you could also find water facilities, sprinklers, hydrants, cisterns, and alarm boxes as well as firewalls, windows, doors, elevators and chimneys and roof types. The maps included street names, property boundaries and lot lines, and house and block numbers. Other information such as the latest census figures, prevailing winds; railroad lines and Indian reservations and topography were included. Today,
the maps are an invaluable guide to inner-city history, land use, and historic preservation.
Old Key West city directories:
Title: Bensel’s Key West Directory
Year: 1888
Title: R.L. Polk & Co.’s Key West City Guide
Year: 1906
Title: Key West, the old and the new
Author: Browne, Jefferson Beale, 1857-1937.
Print Source: Key West, the old and the new Browne, Jefferson Beale, 1857-1937. 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. The Record company St. Augustine 1912 Key West (Fla.)--History. Monroe--12087--FIPS Digitized from original source held at University of Florida
Title: New and Greater Key West, Florida told in Picture and Story
Year: 1914
Title: Florida East Coast Railroad Brochure, Nassau, Bahamas, Key West, Florida, and Havana, Cuba.: List of hotels and general information. Illustrated.
Author: Florida East Coast Railway.
Print Source: Florida East Coast, Nassau, Bahamas, Key West, Florida, and Havana, Cuba.: List of hotels and general information. Illustrated. Florida East Coast Railway. Florida East Coast Hotel Company. 95 p. ill. 19 cm. [n.p.? 1908 Florida--Description and travel. Monroe--12087--FIPS Description and travel Economics and Society: Post-Civil War Florida, 1865-1913--The New Century and a Growing State, 1899-1913 Digitized from original source held at Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Title: Key West brochure by the New York Sun Man. A sketch. A criticism. A burlesque
Print Source: The New York Sun Man. A sketch. A criticism. A burlesque 1907 Monroe County (Fla.) Monroe--12087 Digitized from original source held at Monroe County Public Library
Monroe County Public Library’s own PALMM site:
Images from the collection of the Monroe County Public Library depict the rich history of the Florida Keys. Early industries, such as sponging, shark fishing, turtle canning, and cigar manufacturing, are illustrated in vivid detail. Of special interest are the images of the building of Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway, construction of the Overseas Highway (designated a Florida Scenic Highway), development of the tourism industry, and the aftermath of devastating hurricanes. Images of the unique architecture, topography and ambience of early-1900's Keys are given particular attention in this digital collection. The original images are maintained at the Monroe County Public Library's Local History Department in Key West, Florida.
The Key Names Gazetteer provides “an alphabetical compilation of every place name for an island or key in the Florida Keys…keys included begin to the north with Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay, and end with the westernmost of the Dry Tortugas Keys.” The gazetteer was compiled by local historian Jim Clupper. Jim documented the evolution of these names using 1600’s Spanish sailing charts, sea captains’ logs from the 1700’s, and
survey and expedition logs from the 1800’s. He traced local lore, squinted at tattered charts, deciphered illegible diaries, and literally immersed himself in the Keys.
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