2009.32.09

"Under Hugh Gray’s leadership, an annual guide, the West Michigan Vacation Directory, made its debut in the early 1920s and by 1927 included three-color maps that showed main highways as well as railroad and interurban lines, lakes and rivers. Also included were listings of hotels, state parks, campgrounds, golf courses, hunting and fishing regulations and traffic rules. Resort experts considered the directory to be one of the finest published anyplace in the United States. By 1936 the vacation directory had evolved into Carefree Days in West Michigan and continues today as West Michigan Carefree Travel Guide. Over the years the MTRA also went on to publish fishing, hunting and canoeing guides, to distribute seasonal booklets promoting fall color tours and winter sports and to recommend road signs to help motorists find their way." Source: https://www.wmta.org/about-wmta/wmtas-history/

1930+ Tourism, brochures, guides and maps

Voss, Mary

08/10/2009

01/23/2024