Historic American Roads

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Historic American Roads

Entry/Object ID

L1976.1.138

Description

Historic American Roads, is a history from the first trails hacked by the Spanish in 1565 to the age of the interstate highway system. Some of the roads covered in this book are the Iroquois(or Mohawk) Trail, the Pennsylvania Road - now U.S. Route 30, and the Boston Post Road. Information is included about national defense roads, viaducts in cities, the first transcontinental automobile trip, the first American bridge, Washington crossing the Allegheny, the Erie Canal, and the growth of bicycling. It was written by a highway engineer and historian of the Bureau of Public Roads ( now the Federal Highway Commission). Carl Rakeman's superb painting, commissioned by the bureau in the 1930's attempts to permit Americans to see the growth and progress of their country before their eyes. 118/Softbound/Illustrations/Maps/Photographs.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Transportation, Art, Roads, Automobiles

Search Terms

Rakeman, Carl, National Road, Allegheny, Bicycles, Cycling, North America-United States, Pennsylvania Road, IroquoisTrail, MohawkTrail, Washington, George, Boston Post Road, Erie Canal

Book Details

Author

Rose, Albert C.

Place Published

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Date Published

1976

Call No.

GenHist RO

ISBN

0-517-525496

LCCN

76-6224

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good