This is a really interesting and unusual highway map. It is a 1940 general highway map of Menominee County map section 1 of 2 in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Menominee county was divided into two sections. It was created by the Michigan State Highway Department. The data on the map was gathered from a highway planning survey with help from the Federal Works Agency, Public Roads Adminstration.
The map contains lots of really unusual information that is normally not found on a highway map. I think this map was not the finished product because I found a rubber stamped note that reads "STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL The Michigan State Highway Department requests you to treat this information strictly confidential", on another similar map for a different county. I think this map was done at the same time for the same purpose.
This map measures about 18" by 24 1/2". The legend on this map shows many features like: roads, road system designation, airways, railroads, highway bridges, dams, cities and villages, waterways. There is a huge list of marked cultural and local features listed like: mines, power plants, tourists camps, pipe lines, the grange halls, post offices and many more. The scale for this map is 2 inches for 3 miles.
This guaranteed genuine vintage map was printed on a single sheet of stock, and is blank on the reverse side, making it highly suitable for framing. The map is in very good condition with only some fraying along the edge. There are no tears or marks on the map and it will be sent to you carefully packaged and in a long priority tube.
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