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Sectional Map and Street Directory Company fonds
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- Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the fonds.
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Statement of scale (cartographic)
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- 0.02 m of textual records
- 6 maps
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Biographical history
Robert Morton (1856-1946), a native of Glasgow, Scotland, immigrated to Canada in 1911. In 1931-32, Morton moved to Vancouver and took up residence at 2119 Maple Street. He began publishing a sectional map booklet and street index of the city because an ordinary map of Vancouver was too bulky to be carried around. The booklet covered Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Surrey, Maillardville, Lulu Island, and Sea Island. Morton himself went door to door selling his booklets and was still doing so at the age of 87. He sold the company to Horace N. Clarke of Dominion Map and Blueprint Co. in 1942.
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The fonds consists of the first seven editions of The Sectional Map and Street Directory of Vancouver, maps, and a notebook from the Sectional Map and Street Directory Company.
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Donated by Robert Morton in 1942
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