WELCOME 1930's Pennsylvania State Road Maps WELCOME

The plain covers ended with the 1934 map and color even appeared at the end of the decade.


1930 TOURIST MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE HIGHWAYS 1930.
1931 TOURIST MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE HIGHWAYS 1931.
1932 TOURIST MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE HIGHWAYS 1932.
1933 This Temporary Tourist Map of Pennsylvania State Highways was issued in 1933 with the comment that the supply of official tourist maps was exhausted; no other map has been seen for this year. Size: 17 x 22 inches.
1934 This map is a larger size, 27 x 41 inches, as well as the first with a cover design, although in black and white. The drawing is the capitol in Harrisburg.
1935 This map returned to a more normal size, 24 x 36 inches, and repeated the 1934 cover.
1936 This 1936 map was issued by The Pennsylvania Scenic and Historic Commission; no other map from this year has been seen. That is William Penn, not Ben Franklin, on the cover. The map shows only the major highways. The commission published another map in 1937, so this was not an 'official' Highway Department map. Size: 18 x 32 inches.
1937 This cover repeats the 1935 design, but in color.
1938 This 1938 map is labeled 'Publicity Commission'; no official Highway Department map from this year has been seen. An article printed in The Evening News of Harrisburg, PA, on February 24, 1938 titled Tourist Booklet Is Issued by Pennsylvania said the following:. "The recently released picture folder and map of Pennsylvania, distributed by the State Publicity Commission, is for tourists but it is not the State Highway Department's 1938 tourist map. The department said today that it will continue distributing the 1937 department map this year and that there will be no new road map issued until next year." It was also issued in 1939 when Arthur James replaced George Earle as governor. Earle was governor from 1935 through 1938 and his highway department seemed to have little interest in publishing tourist maps. Given the economy of the time, he had other things to worry about.
1939 This map begins a period of attractive cover drawings which lasted until the mid 1950's.
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