Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Map of Farmington Maine

Barcode: 56714

Image Number: 56714.0001

Publishing Location: Philadelphia

Brief Description: City plan of Farmington, Maine created through subscriptions from businesses and residents. Engravings by Russell Richardson include the Willows Female Seminary, four different scenes of the Abbott Family School for Boys which include the schoolhouse and mansion. Included is Farmington Subscribers' Directory and West Farmington Directory. Also featured on Academy Street is the State Normal School which became the University of Maine Farmington campus.  E.F. Sanford was a map and atlas publisher from Philadelphia active in the mid nineteenth century. C.T. Leggett was a surveyor and cartographer active in Philadelphia publishing maps with Sanford. George Worley was an English lithographer active in Philadelphia and formed a partnership with Bracher producing over 200 maps and atlases. Frederick Bourquin was a Swiss-American engraver and lithographer active in the mid to late 19th century in Philadelphia. "Printed by F. Bourquin." "Engr'd by Worley and Bracher".

Publisher: E.F. Sanford & C.T. Leggett,

Date/Date Range Published: 1874

Region Depicted: Farmington, Maine

Map Type: GeographicalHistorical maps

Dimensions: 1 map illustrated, colored outline mounted on linen 107 x 77 cm on sheet 111 x 82 cm

Printing Process: EngravingLithograph

Material Type: ClothPaper

LC Call Number: G3734.F36 1874 S2

OCLC: 1290778712

Accession Number: OML-1874-77

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/56714.0001