A Tour Through the Dream Highway

Item

Title
A Tour Through the Dream Highway
Description
"The turnpike in Penna. is the first long-distance highway in America to be constructed with all modern transportation necessities incorporated in the design.

The alignment and curvature has been arranged to facilitate the movement of vehicles at a uniform speed and it will be possible for the motorist to maintain the desired speed, and continue without interruption or delay throughout the entire length of the project with an ease and comfort never before experienced in mountainous terrain or level country on American highways."
No handwritten message listed.
Date
No date of publication listed.
No date of postmark listed.
Spatial Coverage
Pennsylvania—Pittsburgh
No address of recipient listed.
Publisher
Minsky Bros. & Co.
Contributor
Minsky Bros. & Co.
(Laurel Myers)
Abstract
A map of a highway stretching from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is shown. Lists of cities and interchanges are featured on either side of the highway. In the background, there is an illustration of a rural highway with a bear waiting at the side of the road, labeled "A Hitch Hiker".
Type
Postcard
Text
Subject
No recipient listed.
Highways; Maps; Bears
Language
English
Identifier
IMS-FL19-43
Rights
In copyright--educational use permitted. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Source
Walter Havighurst Special Collections & University Archives. Oxford, Ohio.
Item sets
myerslm4