An Improved Street Guide.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 26th Mar., 1898
An Improved Street Guide.
I, OTTO BECKMANN, of 5, Neuenburgor Strasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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"This invention relates to a street guide made in the form of a small pocket
book and has for its object to afford any person consulting it by simply opening at
the respective pages an easy and immediate source of information as to the various
stroots, squares, public buildings, wards and the like in a town.
In order to attain this object the book is provided at its right hand side with
an alphabetical index and on the pages which may be immediately referred to by
means of this index, the street looked for or desired is reproduced in a graphic
representation in which each block of houses lying between any two branch side
streets, is indicated by a rectangle provided with the numbers of the corner houses.
The spaces at the top and bottom of the pages may contain details as to the ward,
police district, polling district or the like to which the street belongs, and the
numbers of the houses contained in different districts when the street is partly in
one and partly in another district.
The invention is shown in the accompanying drawing which is an isometrical
view of an open book showing as an example two portions of Falkner Street in
Liverpool, the book having been opened at the letter F of the index, and the said
street being shown say on pages 50, 51. The blocks of houses between the side
streets are represented by rectangles and the attached nos. give the numbers
of the corner houses so that any one can immediately and easily ascertain where
he is.
At the top of the street, i.e. at the top of pages 50 and 51 the numbers of the
houses in the street or portion of a street shown may be classified if desired under
their postal district, such for instance as S.W., N.W., S.E. or the like. The pages
may also bear indications as to the ward, police district, polling station or the like
to which the section of street shown belongs, for instance on page 50 one portion of
Falkner Street is shown to be in Abercromby Ward and on page 51 another in
Edgehill Ward.
At the end of the book there may be an enumeration or summary of the various
public offices, establishments, institutes, churches, chapels, hospitals, post offices
and the like of the town in question, giving their location and plans of same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
A street guide in book form characterised by the same being provided at the
side with a visible alphabetical index and on its separate pages with a graphic
representation of the separate street in order to allow a person to immediately
obtain information as to his location whilst if desired on the tops and bottoms of

page_text: the pages the numbers of all the houses of each street may be printed and also
details as to their inclusion in a certain part of the town, ward, police district,
polling station, postal district or the like substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 28th day of January 1898.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.