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- Poster, "Proclamation of the Route of the Lincoln Highway," 1913 - This poster details the planned route of the Lincoln Highway, the first improved transcontinental road. The road was planned by a private group of auto industry magnates, politicians and other big thinkers -- not by the federal government, as interstate highways are today. The poster asked for the assistance of states, counties and individuals along the road as well as monetary donations.
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Poster, "Proclamation of the Route of the Lincoln Highway," 1913
This poster details the planned route of the Lincoln Highway, the first improved transcontinental road. The road was planned by a private group of auto industry magnates, politicians and other big thinkers -- not by the federal government, as interstate highways are today. The poster asked for the assistance of states, counties and individuals along the road as well as monetary donations.