A charming map of streetcar services – and a few of those newfangled gas buses! – in central Baltimore from 1929. Points of interest are clearly illustrated, and the map is surrounded by vignettes of life and architecture in this “historic, pleasant, thriving city”. A prominent cartouche proclaims that “STREET CARS and BUSES in Baltimore go wherever there is anything to see…” and little streetcars have been drawn running along major thoroughfares.

As a side note, the United Railways & Electric Co. as shown on this map declared bankruptcy in 1933, and was reorganized into the Baltimore Transit Co. in 1935. The last streetcar in Baltimore ran until 1963.

Source: David Rumsey Map Collection