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Subject: Re: official state highway maps
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:32:06 -0700
From: Carlos Diaz <[log in to unmask]>
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I think it was a way to attract tourists to their states. Most states
have a tourism board that will publish state maps, other states it will
be the Department of Transportation that publishes the state map as
well. These maps tend to be available to people for free. Also available
nowadays are state bike maps and such.
The popularity of the automobile made the making of these maps a
necessity. Stanford's recent acquisition of all these highway maps will
show you a plethora of wonderful and creative highway maps.
I find these maps to be useful and of historical value since they show
highways that were there or not there. Street name changes over time,
and much more. I remember using such a map to find a particular street
only to find out there was a name change a few years later.
Don't throw out your highway maps if you have them in your collection.
If you are a member of AAA, you get your maps for free and you can add
them to your maps collection.
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Carlos A. Diaz
Government Publications, Maps, and Microforms
James E. Brooks Library
Central Washington University
Mailstop 7548
Ellensburg, WA 98926
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Subject: official state highway maps
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:49:47 +0000
From: Booth, Arlyn <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Most states still issue an official state highway map, but some do not
and do not seem to be in any kind of “trouble” for not doing so. Does
anyone know, without a lot of digging, the initial impetus for states
producing their own official state highway map when there was Rand
McNally and oil companies? Was it a federal law, or other kind of
federal agency or national organization’s “suggestion”? Or did each
state come up with the idea/legislation itself? (I think I found the
original 1921 Illinois law). I’ve been perusing the literature on road
maps but am not finding the conclusive answer.
Thanks, Arlyn
Arlyn Booth
Map Coordinator
Illinois State Library
300 S. 2nd, Rm. 305
Springfield, IL 62701-1796
(217) 558-4140
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Jesse White, Secretary of State & State Librarian
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