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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I’m very pleased and excited to announce that among its many
<a href="https://guides.lib.ucr.edu/az.php">databases</a>, UCR Library now provides
<a href="https://fims.historicalinfo.com/FIMS.aspx">Fire Insurance Maps Online</a> for UCR affiliates interested in seeing historical large-scale maps created by The Sanborn Map Company and other entities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">To give you an idea of what’s available, here’s a sample of a Sanborn map of downtown Riverside from 1895:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><img border="0" width="713" height="491" style="width:7.427in;height:5.1145in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01DAD210.5F9BD9D0"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Note that <b>you can download</b> the maps as JPGs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The platform also provides “</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:#F5FFFF">Real Estate Atlases, Plat Books, and other historical maps showing building structures, building construction
details, property ownership, property uses, and other useful information.”</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">UCR’s access to “FIMo” is part of a UC-wide license agreement. Our subscription only includes maps in California.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I hope you’ll join me in exploring this wonderful historical resource! Please share the news with anyone who might be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Janet Reyes</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
<i>Geospatial Information Librarian</i></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
</span>UCR Library | University of California, Riverside<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">P.O. Box 5900 | Orbach Library, Room 128</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Riverside, CA 92517-5900</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Office: 951.827.6421 | Fax: 951.827.2255 | </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="mailto:janet.reyes@ucr.edu"><span style="color:blue">janet.reyes@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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