Lincoln Highway, Main Street across America

Name/Title

Lincoln Highway, Main Street across America

Entry/Object ID

2009.3.27

Description

Lincoln Highway, Main Street across America details the evolution from 1915 of this first auto route across the United States from New York to San Francisco from its earliest days to modern day. The text and recent photographs are by the author, but many earlier photographs are included. There is a list of place names along the highway in 1915-1916. Inserted into the book is a page from a National Geographic magazine that includes the article "Historian hits the Road" about the road first built by General Braddock in 1755 that later served as a foundation for the National Road and later U.S. Route 40. 159/Softbound/Insert/Maps/Photographs

Collection

Don and Maudie Reynolds Collection

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, Highways, Automobiles

Search Terms

Lincoln Highway

Book Details

Author

Hoakanson, Drake

Edition

10th Anniversary Edition

Place Published

City

Iowa City

State/Province

Iowa

Date Published

1999

Call No.

Western HO

ISBN

0-87745-676-3

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Apr 11, 2009