Although Sproul maps continued to be
published up to about 1940, beginning in 1925 official tourist
maps were issued using plain black & white covers.
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1920
MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA SHOWING STATE HIGHWAYS adopted under
the Sproul Road Bill approved May 31, 1911, and
subsequent amendments and tentative plan of primary
system corrected to September 1, 1920. A. Hoen & Co.
Baltimore, MD. Size: 17 x 29 inches. This map probably
comes from a Smull's Handbook as it is similar to the
1921 map. |
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1921
MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA SHOWING STATE HIGHWAYS adopted under
the Sproul Road Bill .... corrected to December 31, 1921.
This map is from a Smull's Handbook for 1921-22 that was
apparently reissued in 1922 with this updated map. Size:
17 x 29 inches. |
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1922
MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE FORESTS, STATE GAME PRESERVES
AND REFUGES AND STATE HIGHWAYS, June 1 1922. Base map
supplied by courtesy of the State Highway Department,
Breuker & Kessler Co. Phila. This map is #373 in
Simonetti, and is similar to the 1921 and 1922 maps, but
was issued to show state forests and game lands. Size: 18
x 29 inches. |
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1923
MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA, showing State Forest Monuments,
Drives & Views, State Forest Parks, Public Camp
Grounds, Fire Observation Towers, District Foresters
Headquarters, & Highways. This map appears in a
pamphlet titled In Penn's Woods, Bulletin 31
Pennsylvania Department of Forestry, Harrisburg, PA. 1923.
The pamphlet is 55 pages with this 13 x 23 inch map
attached to the inside front cover. A few towns are named
and highways, unidentified and unnumbered, are shown
incidently. Back in the 30's, 40's, and 50's, visiting
fire observation towers was a big deal, especially for
kids. |
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1924
ROAD MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA SHOWING STATE HIGHWAYS as
adopted under the Sproul Road Bill approved May 31, 1911,
and subsequent amendments and tentative plan of primary
system. Issued by the Department of Highways June 1, 1924.
Lith. by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore. This map is
similar to #14 in Simonetti. It shows paved and unpaved
roads by color coding, and the type of paving used, i. e.
concrete, brick, bituminous asphalt. This large map is a
return to the size issued in 1919 and the route color
coding makes it an attractive map. Revisions of this map
were issued up to around 1940. The 1926 version and
beyond removed reference to the Sproul Road Bill. Size:
35 x 57 inches. |
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1925
MAP SHOWING PENNSYLVANIA STATE HIGHWAY ROUTES 1925. This
is the first official tourist road map published by the
Highway Department and is dated August 15, 1925. It uses
'old state' route numbers and identifies 13 numbered
routes which are printed in red. Main routes are in bold
line, secondary routes in thin double line. This map is #419
in Simonetti. Size: 22 x 33 inches, which remained the
standard size, more or less. |
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1926
MAP SHOWING PENNSYLVANIA STATE HIGHWAY
ROUTES. This map continued the use of old state route
numbers, Route 30 is '1', Route 22 is '3', etc. A total
of 15 routes are identified like this in heavy red line,
see the
Map Image
. Governor Gifford Pinchot was
a famous conservationist and later became United States
Secretary of the Interior. Rural roads thinly coated with
tar, oil, and asphalt became known as 'Pinchot Roads',
perhaps not a compliment. |
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1927
MAP SHOWING PENNSYLVANIA STATE HIGHWAY
ROUTES. The use of old state routes continued with a
total of 19 routes now identified. |
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1928
MAP SHOWING PENNSYLVANIA STATE HIGHWAY ROUTES 1928. This
is the first state road map using modern route numbers.
The federal government establishment the US Route system
around 1926. East-west routes were (generally) even
numbered, i.e. US Routes 30, 22; north-south routes were
odd numbered, i.e. US Routes 19, 219. The same idea was
used when the Interstate system was developed in the 1950's.
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1929
TOURIST MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE HIGHWAYS
1929. |