Mid-West Map Company (sold)
Mid-West Map Company (c. 1925 - 1935) was an Aurora, Missouri-based company that issued early highway maps to travelers for free, covering their costs and earning a profit through sponsorship and advertisements for gas stations, motels, and other businesses along highway routes. Little is known about the company's history and its maps were undated, making an exact date range of its existence difficult to establish, but the company's efforts resulted in the first comprehensive set of highway maps for the entire country. Its model of providing free highway maps to travelers would become a standard practice for decades, especially by competing gas station chains.
Fueling the Florida Land Boom.
Highway Map and Guide of Florida.
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This is a c. 1925 Mid-West Map Company tourist road map of Florida created as part of a series of maps promoting Authorized Guide and Map Stations across the country. It was produced at the height of the Florida Land Boom, when the state's road infrastructure expanded rapidly to accommodate travel to Miami, West Palm Beach, and other nearby towns. (more details)
Introducing numbered highways.
Highway Map of the United States Showing United States Inter-State Highways.
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This is a c. 1930 Mid-West Map Company highway map of the United States. The map marks the early days of the interstate highway system following the introduction of numbered highways just four years earlier in 1926. (more details)