EditorialImage 1 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. Oct 1886. 3 Sheet(s), America, street map with a Nineteenth Century compass.
EditorialImbolo Mbue, the author of the new book “How Beautiful We Were,” near her home in Rhinebeck, N.Y., Feb. 15, 2021. (Lauren Lancaster/The New York Times)
EditorialImage 2 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. Jan 1895. 3 Sheet(s), America, street map with a Nineteenth Century compass.
EditorialImage 3 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. Jan 1895. 3 Sheet(s), America, street map with a Nineteenth Century compass.
EditorialImage 2 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. Oct 1886. 3 Sheet(s), America, street map with a Nineteenth Century compass.
EditorialImage 3 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. Oct 1886. 3 Sheet(s), America, street map with a Nineteenth Century compass.
EditorialImage 1 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. Jan 1895. 3 Sheet(s), America, street map with a Nineteenth Century compass.