Sanborn Fire Insurance map, 1951.

Sanborn Fire Insurance maps provide a wealth of detail about each and every building in the city.  Yellow buildings represent frame construction buildings, blue represents concrete, and pink are brick buildings.  Sanborn maps also include details about the thickness of the walls, locations of doors and windows, the type of business, waterlines, and the type of sprinkler system.  The Muirson Label Company occupies most of the Stockton Avenue frontage.  Neighbors include other industrial businesses, including a glass company, and several homes. 

Published by Sanborn Map Company, New York, 1951.
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