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Fire in Georgetown public library, involving maps
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Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
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Tue, 1 May 2007 14:50:55 -0500
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Subject:        Fire in Georgetown public library, involving maps
Date:   Tue, 1 May 2007 20:46:45 +0100
From:   Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps among material lost in Georgetown fire
April 30.

<
http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=3070277&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 >

'Historic Documents Lost in Library Fire' (from The Associated Press).


'Washington, DC -- A blaze that devoured the roof of the DC Public Library's
Georgetown branch was undergoing renovations when a fire started at about
12:20 Monday ... The library contained the Peabody Room, which houses a
collection of maps, photos, art and documents on every house in Georgetown.
Archivist Jerry McCoy says the artifacts aren't replaceable and in many
cases, no copies exist.'

No further details given.

Tony Campbell

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extract from: 'Latest News' < http://www.maphistory.info/newslatest.html > -
which also see for several other recent news items, e.g. 'Persian Gulf Day'
in Iran, an 18,240 piece jigsaw puzzle comprising four 'historic maps', etc.

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