Pennsylvania Dutch Tourist Bureau

The Pennsylvania Dutch Tourist Bureau was a Lancaster, Pennsylvania tourism group that published the Official Pennsylvania Dutch Guide-Book. In the Project Gutenberg text of the book, the work is described as having been "compiled and edited by a special committee of the Pennsylvania Dutch Tourist Bureau," which makes the bureau itself the credited creator rather than an individual author.

The guidebook was first copyrighted in 1962 and later revised in 1972. Its purpose was practical and welcoming: to make a tourist's visit to Lancaster County "interesting and enjoyable" by introducing readers to the area's roads, attractions, history, and the communities often associated with Pennsylvania Dutch country.

Because this is a corporate or committee author, not a single person, there does not appear to be a standard personal biography or confirmed portrait to use here. What stands out instead is the book's role as a period piece from local tourism history, capturing how Lancaster County wanted to present itself to visitors at the time.