Submitted by xoverit, who says:

There was one other map inside of the 5 August 1935 Michigan Official Motor Bus Guide, and it’s quite different [to the Eastern Michigan Bus map previously featured – Cam], though suffering from the same cheap paper. Charmingly over-ornate, my favorite detail is that Poseidon seems to have taken up residence off of the Sleeping Bear Dunes.

As for the map’s practical purpose, I guess it gets the job done. And the other bus lines shown (without any specifics) at least show where you could go once you’ve reached the end of the service of the Short Lines (which are indeed short).

Transit Maps says:

I think this map is absolutely delightful, full of charming little details and excellent illustrative work that puts it far above the other map you sent me previously. Although it predates it by about 20 years, the style of the map reminds me greatly of Pauline Baynes’ illustrations and maps for C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia, which is never a bad thing in my eyes.

Each of Michigan’s major cities is represented with an appropriate icon – Detroit as a thriving metropolis, Pontiac is represented by its eponym, Ann Arbor by the Big House (then only 8 years old and in a horseshoe configuration, apparently), Battle Creek by a cannon, and Grand Rapids by… a comfortable living room setting. This seems very odd until you remember that Grand Rapids was a major furniture manufacturing centre at the time, even earning the nickname of “Furniture City”. Look around and you’ll see plenty more details like this, like the convict breaking rock near Ionia!

Our rating: A charming and breezy illustrated map, full of historical interest. Quite lovely. Four stars!