"[Lot of 2] A Good-Natured Map of the United States Setting Forth the Services of the Greyhound Lines and a Few Principal Connecting Bus Lines [with brochure size]",

This lot of two full-color pictographic maps is filled with charming vignettes and figures. These brightly colored maps are the best of a number of maps issued by Greyhound in the 1930s and 1940s, the heyday of bus transportation in the US. The Greyhound bus routes are delineated in bold black with the interconnecting routes in dotted line. Small pictographs highlight the attractions throughout the country and most are accompanied by humorous text including "thar's room in Texas for all of Yurrup and half of Africa, yes suh" and in Nebraska, "no use making a pig of yourself, get out there an' give a lady a chance."

The title cartouches are bounded with two vintage Greyhound buses. The maps are further embellished with a fancy legend cartouche featuring the sleek greyhound dog associated with the business, and a large compass rose and fleur-de-lys in the Atlantic. The maps are in the style of Jo Mora. There is no artist attribution, but there is a monogram at lower right with a "K" followed by the delta symbol. Printed by Reserve Litho. & Ptg. Co, Cleveland.

The larger of the two maps has a blank verso, while the smaller map self folds into a brochure (18.4 x 11.5") with advertisements on the verso.

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Condition: A+

Both issued folding and nearly flawless.