50 THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

teachers and school children, republication was considered. It was
decided to retain the general format, but to alter and expand the text
in order to increase its usefulness.

Several new halftones were obtained to replace those which could
not be found. In this respect, assistance came from the Baltimore
Association of Commerce, the Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland,
the Department of Forests and Parks, the University of Maryland
and the Salisbury Chamber of Commerce.

Work was begun on a pamphlet dealing with Maryland industry.
Discussions were held with responsible officials on plans to publish
pamphlets on natural resources, agriculture and the Maryland State
House.

Almost immediately after the establishment of the department, the
State Roads Commission asked the director to assemble a group of
photographs for the reverse of the State road map. The plan was a
return to a former practice of providing some information and photo-
graphs along with the free road map. Assistance in obtaining photo-
graphs for the purpose came from The Sunpapers, the Maryland
Development Bureau, the Departments of Forests and Parks, Tide-
water Fisheries, Research and Education, the Hall of Records Com-
mission, the Extension Service of the University of Maryland and the
U. S, Naval Academy. Using these photographs, the director of the
Department of Information planned the lay-out for the reverse side of
the map. There were 50,000 of these maps printed.

TOURIST INFORMATION

In the matter of tourist information it was decided to get all the
help possible from public and private agencies and forego the prepara-
tion of any departmental tourist literature.

The department made use of two chief materials: the 1948 Mary-
land road map, which contained information on recreation in State
and National Parks in Maryland and on points of historical interest;
and a four-page folder entitled Maryland Resarts and Vacation Areas.
The latter had been prepared by the Maryland Development Bureau
of the Association of Commerce. A supply of these folders was pro-
vided by the bureau, and the department had printed 1,000 copies for
its own use.