A Hysterical Map of Bryce Canyon National Park

Spokane, WA: Lindgren Brothers, 1940. Pictorial color map [56 cm x 43 cm] / [22" x 17"] Folds as issued. Corners chipped with splitting at some folds. Exceedingly rare illustrated map showing the auto routes to Bryce and marking the attractions. Although presented in a jokey manner, is surprisingly accurate and useful. "Drawn in broken English by Jolly Lindgren." This is the only example of this map that we've encountered in 30 years. 2 listed in OCLC, neither in Utah.

The Lindgren brothers of Spokane, Washington, were commercial sign makers through the 1920s, as the economic depression of the 1930s took hold in the once prosperous Pacific (truncated) Northwest, Jolly Lindgren began drawing maps of western National Parks (Yosemite, Yellowstone, Zion, Bryce, Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountain and others) sites and towns (Death Valley, Grand Coulee, Lake Tahoe, Jackson Hole, Black Hills, Puget Sound, Palm Springs) and western states (Washington, Oregon, Montana, California, Utah and likely others). These whimsical maps were named 'Hysterical Maps' and included many jokes and puns. These maps proved to be quite successful and were produced through the 1940s. (Inventory #: 10343)