Sanborn Map 1887

ID: 2861 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Library of Congress ~ Creator: Sanborn Fire Insurance Company ~ Date: 1887
This file appears in: Fitch's Tolu Chewing Gum Factory
Sanborn Map 1887

In this fire insurance map from 1887, the Fitch Chewing Gum Factory can be seen in the block just north of the railroad tracks between Ewing and Broadway.

This file appears in: Fitch's Tolu Chewing Gum Factory

By Janet Hensen
Asa M. Fitch was a multi-patented inventor. Among his inventions were a wheeled plow whose depth could be adjusted, a box, and a children’s educational card game which included various bird and animal species. In Seymour, Indiana, his major…