ypsi-slim Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Holiday Greetings and welcome to the belated, but world's largest, Lincoln Highway E-Newsletter. Fifty degrees, no snow, and it rained all day today in Ypsilanti, Michigan. This lack of snow and warm weather is either caused by my wearing only a light jacket thus not jinxing the weather, or global warming. This edition rolls out some new features - Lincoln Highway Eats, Dixie Highway News, and perhaps the first Lincoln Highway YouTube video. Well, I've already made my motel reservations for next summer's National Lincoln Highway Association Conference in Fort Morgan, Colorado - so you should too! Read all about the conference at: http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/conference/2007/ I'm leaving on my winter road trip next Thursday - western route of the old Dixie Highway from South Bend to Louisville, then old US 31 all the way down to the Gulf Coast at Mobile, Alabama. Then old US 90 west through New Orleans to Houston. Then I'll be working in Austin for a week, and driving home through Dallas to Oklahoma City, and back on US 66. Any tips for must-sees and/or restaurants between Louisville through Houston are appreciated. Let's start things off with some tunes - check out New Music composer / performer Mark Rushton's Theme from the Lincoln Highway from his The Drivers Companion album. Its funky and engaging - I like it! It's a free download about halfway down the page at: http://www.markrushton.com/music/freemp3/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In October I had the honor, on behalf of the Lincoln Highway Association, of presenting a check for $3,000.00 to the University of Michigan Special Collections Library on October 4. These funds will enable the library to complete the project to digitize the photographic archive of the original Lincoln Highway Association. The digital capture and inclusion of the remaining 780 photographs in the web-based Lincoln Highway Digital Image Collection will ensure that the entire visual history of over 3,000 images of the early days of the Lincoln Highway will be available to the public. Transportation History Collection curator Kathleen Dow said that this generous gift will ensure that the entire visual history of the planning and building of this milestone in the history of American transportation will be easily available for consultation by researchers and scholars, while helping to preserve the original photographs. You can visit the online collection at: http://xrl.us/chp8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last issue I posted the link for the transcontinental Hupmobile trip on the Lincoln Highway as sent by Paul Gilger. http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist7/hupp.html Well - Van Becker sends an update: " Guys, the article from Paul re the Hupp Skylark was interesting, but the photo of the vehicle was very poor/small. I went on a bit of a search. The Skylark was a 1940 model for Hupp Mobile; 6 cyl, 101 hp. Pre-production pilot models began appearing in April 1939. Check the attached photo and notice the LH emblem on the door. I wonder if this was the car that made the trip. That's all. Just had to share." I've posted the pic on the net - check out that LH sign on the door at: http://www.indianalincolnhighway.com/page15.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Book News: LHA Founder and Forum editor Gregory Franzwa's latest book from his Lincoln Highway Series has been published by his Patrice Press - The Lincoln Highway: California. http://www.patricepress.com/index.html Longtime LHA member, Lowell Nissley's book Lincoln Highway - The Road My Father Travelled was published earlier this year. The book was inspired by Lowell's father diary of his 1915 drive from eastern PA to San Francisco. It is full of wonderful illustrations including a photographic log of most existing Lincoln Highway concrete markers. The book is available from the Lincoln Highway Trading Post: http://xrl.us/tzia House by the Side of the Road, Stories of 20th Century farm life beside Illinois Lincoln Highway by Mrs. L. A. Abbott, edited by Susan Gidel and Jan Landow is out. This is a series of short stories recounting Morrison, IL farm life along the Lincoln Highway. You can order the book directly from Pines Publishing: http://www.pinespublishing.com/ Here's an article from Morrison Online about the farm and book: http://www.thecity1.com/features/1397.html USA Today in October ran a feature about Brian and Sarah Butko's Roadside Giants book: http://xrl.us/s3pw Last year they also had a story about LA roadside icons, including Brian and Sarah's book. Read more at: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-1...la-kitsch_x.htm From Arcadia Publishing's Postcard History Series comes Richard W. Funk's Along Pennsylvania's Lincoln Highway: http://xrl.us/tziq A new book is out - Motorcycling Across Ohio: A Guide, by William Murphy (Arbutus Press, $17.95). It features trips on the Lincoln, Dixie and National Highways: http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/living/travel/15851999.htm From Google's beta book search on the Lincoln Highway - The Book of Lincoln, Compiled by Mary Wright-Davis, Published 1919, George H. Doran company - Lincoln Highway by Woodbury Pulsifer(!): http://xrl.us/tzig Pages 343-344 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I just figured out that Howard Hyde Russell's papers and photos are at the Bentley Historical Museum, on University of Michigan's North Campus. Russell was a Congregational minister and founder of the American Anti-Saloon League. The collection includes photographs of Russell and his companions on their "water wagon" tour along the Lincoln Highway. I'll have to check them out some winter day. Here's the link from U of M's Mirlyn system, this takes you to the search page, then search on Howard Hyde Russell: http://xrl.us/sqfy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've posted some information on the net about the Lincoln Highway concrete marker medallions: http://www.indianalincolnhighway.com/page13.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Feature - Lincoln Highway Eats - Highway Food: From DailySouthtown.com a reader writes, "Chicago-style dogs - I'm a long-time resident of Frankfort and I just want to comment on a new hot dog stand finally that opened up in our area on Lincoln Highway and 80th Avenue called "Hogs and Dogs." Finally we got a Chicago-style hot dog place in our area. They make it just like I remembered when I grew up on the Far South Side of Chicago. They also have beef sandwiches and they make home-made French fries from fresh potatoes they cut every day. I'm no relation to anybody who works there, but I just want to say we finally have a Chicago-style hot dog place in Frankfort, and if anybody has a taste for a true Chicago-style dog or a polish, I would recommend this place 100 percent. From Yahoo's Roadsidefans Discussion Group, Susan Levinson alerts us to Loveland, CO's Johnson's Corner Restaurant and Bakery, home of the World Famous Cinnamon Roll, open since 1952. "Travel & Leisure Magazine calls us “one of the top 10 BEST breakfast spots in the world.” And in 2004, the Food Network declared us one of the top five truck stops in the country." http://www.johnsonscorner.com/ Might be a stop for visitors attending next year's LHA Conference in Fort Morgan, CO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A historic marker was placed on the Lincoln Highway in Gap this month to honor African-American inventor William Chester Ruth. Read more about it ParkesburgLedger.com: http://xrl.us/sqgs Lots of PA roadbuilding history in Westmoreland County, including the LH and the William Penn Highway in this Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article by Bob Cup: http://xrl.us/sqgu The BaltimoreSun.com carried this article about a clash of cultures along the Lincoln Highway in Lancaster, PA: http://xrl.us/sqhp The Discover Lancaster County History Museum on Lincoln Highway East will close after 37 years of operation, from Lancaster Online: http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/27708 From ydr.com: Oct 22, 2006 — The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor will give a $33,500 grant to Abbottstown to revitalize Abbottstown Square with landscaping, benches, planters, a flagpole and a historical display of the original school house bell. From Pittsburgh's Post Gazette.com: The Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County has received a $50,000 grant from the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor for a master plan addressing land use management, transportation management and quality of life issues for 13 municipalities along the Lincoln Highway (Route 30) in Westmoreland County. Famous footsteps by Bob Cupp of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review covers some of the 2,000 distinctive blue and gold metal markers along the state's roads and highways for historical sites, including many on the Lincoln Highway: http://xrl.us/tzdh Check out the website for the historic Jean Bonnet Tavern in Bedford, PA: http://www.jeanbonnettavern.com/index.html Pennsylvania's Mountain of Attractions' Lincoln Highway page: http://xrl.us/tzir ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dalton, OH celebrates its sesquicentennial (quietly) from IndieOnline.com: http://www.indeonline.com/index.php?ID=110...=0&Category The State of Ohio budget includes 14.7 million dollars for Stark County projects, many of which are Lincoln Highway related. Read about it at CantonRep.com: http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=323274&Category=9 What famous China Company, over 100 years old, is located right on the original routing of the Lincoln Highway? Why that's the Hall China Company in East Liverpool, OH. They are famous for their restaurant ware, promotional ware, and figural tea pots (most recently a Ronald Reagan teapot). They use a secret high temperature glaze that allows pieces to be used in the oven and freezer without crazing. I have pieces that are almost 75 years old and look almost new. Self-guided tours are available on weekdays at their factory, and an outlet shop is available. Some of their classic designs are now available on-line on their new retail website: http://www.hallclassics.com/ Their ball pitchers introduced in 1936 and produced in a multitude of colors, were used in thousands of restaurants over the years for ice water, and their design was widely copied by other companies. The regular company website with a map to the Hall Closet Outlet is at: http://www.hallchina.com/mainframe_home.html Mike Buettner, through the Ohio Lincoln Highway League's Buckeye Ramblings Newsletter, sends news of the coolest expressway overpass ever - the new Lincoln Highway Bridge over I-75 at Beaverdam, OH. "Although Lincoln Highway logo signs still need to be placed in the imitation brick pilasters of the structure, the sparkling new Lincoln Highway bridge at Beaverdam was opened to traffic in the early weeks of November 20006. The bridge is at the Exit 135 interchange of Interstate Route 75, with the Lincoln Highway portion of the grade separation now being part of State Route 696." Traffic on I-75 going under the bridge will see large Lincoln Highway signs on both sides of'the abutments in either direction. I will try to post some pictures of the bridge ASAP. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Indiana's hosting the Lincoln Highway Association conference in South Bend Indiana in June 2009. We're looking for people interested in the Dixie Highway history in Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. As part of the LH Association national conference we'll be traveling from South Bend to Indianapolis to visit Carl Fisher sites. We'd like some talking points about the Dixie along the route as well as historic images and stories for the conference booklet and tour highlights. Anyone with Dixie Highway information or in participating in the conference, please contact Jan Shupert-Arick at janshupert@yahoo.com. Please type DIXIE HIGHWAY in the subject line. Thanks for your interest in the LH, the Dixie, and Carl Fisher! Valparaiso's Lincoln Highway rededication plans to be celebrated next year on Abe's birthday, from nwitimes.com: http://xrl.us/s3p7 Check out this video of a Lincoln Highway concrete marker donated to the city of Valparaiso, IN - to be preserved and re-erected soon, from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDYNbINADpk From Indiana's News Center comes more video of Patty Fisel's efforts to start the restoration of downtown Ligonier on Cavin St. - the Lincoln Highway (click the Video link): http://xrl.us/su5e Historic school is for sale on the Lincoln Highway outside of New Haven, IN from the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/new...al/16237530.htm The Indiana LHA Chapter website has been updated - check it out at: www.IndianaLincolnHighway.com It includes the world's largest Lincoln Highway links page - All the Links to Lincolnway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get your kicks on Lincoln Highway - Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition plans a series of 20 educational gazebos along the Lincoln Highway. Read more about this great plan at SuburbanChicagoNews.com: http://xrl.us/su6n From BeaconNewsOnLine.com, Geneva gazebo to mark historic roadway, a story on the Lincoln Highway Gazebo planned for the city of Geneva: http://xrl.us/tzc5 Plainfield is working on their Lincoln Highway Gazebo too - from the HeraldNewsOnLine.com: http://xrl.us/tzdi DeKalb, IL is celebrating it's sesquicentennial: http://xrl.us/su57 Another article about DeKalb's big 150: http://www.star.niu.edu/articles/?id=33794 The Lincoln Highway mural is unveiled in DeKalb, from the Daily Chronicle: http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/20...ews/anews01.txt More DeKalb LH news - "In 1928, Mable Glidden sold flowers from a small garden on West Lincoln Highway. Jessie and Carter Glidden established Glidden Campus Florist in 1936 at 917 W. Lincoln Highway." It's still open - read more at MidWeek Business News: http://xrl.us/su53 Chicago's Seecago Tours offered two fall road trips that traversed portions of the historic Lincoln Highway. The first ran Oct. 7-8, round-trip from Tinley Park Ill., with stops at the Elwood House Museum and Mansion in DeKalb and the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home in Dixon, as well as a tour of Starved Rock State Park and a cruise on the Illinois River. Accommodations were at the Bavarian-style Lodge Hotel in Bettendorf, Iowa, with dinner and a murder-mystery play at the hotel's restaurant. A longer, more comprehensive version, went round-trip from Munster, Ind. Both trips were operated Seecago, but offered by different park districts in the Chicago area. Both these tours are advertised at Seecago's website: http://seecagotours.com/_wsn/page3.html Yahoo's RoadDog reports on Illinois Rt. 66's 80th anniversary celebration with a Lincoln Highway tie-in: "It was cold. It was blustery. In short, a touch on the miserable side, but that didn't stop about 40 intrepid 66ers from gathering at the Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum in Pontiac. Illinois Association President John Miller was being interviewed for a film and we had plenty of sweets for the journey. I got to see Bob Waldemire's Illinois map mural which is still under construction. It is right by the bathrooms and, as I was videoing it, a guy walked out. That was an awkward moment. We then cruised north to the Standard station in Odell where we met John Weiss. He talked about the new preservation project in Lincoln at the Mill which will be undertaken in spring. Four very impressive new direction signs to the station will be put up this weekend. We were invited to take part in the Wilmington VFW's Veteran's Day observance and the dedication of that stretch of Route 66 in front of the post as a new Blue Star Memorial Highway. John Weiss said a few words about how 66's 80th birthday was the same day as Veterans Day. My wife and I left the caravan here and headed north to Joliet, past the old green giant. Took a quick tour of the fairly new Midewin Tall Grass Prairie headquarters on the site of the old Joliet Arsenal. In the near future, it will be the largest tall grass prairie in the US. We had a bite to eat at Mr. B's on 66, about a mile south of the 66 Speedway. If you like racing, 66, good food, and cheap drinks, this is the place for you. I recommend especially the mozzarella stuffed breadsticks and the absolutely huge pork tenderloin sandwiches. Then on to the Joliet Museum where we had three dedications and sang happy birthday to the Mother Road. President Miller got to meet the president of the Illinois Lincoln Highway Association, Wayne Silvius. The first dedication was outside and it is a street sculpture of Route 66 with different aspects of it incorporated into it: the road in Joliet, Chain of Rocks Bridge, Blue Swallow, an automobile, a Dust Bowl father holding his child and so forth. Then we had the dedication of an original Lincoln Highway marker in the fountain garden. John Weiss was master of ceremonies as he had a lot to do with the acquisition of it from IDOT. Most of these were installed across the whole length of the Lincoln on the same day in 1928. A group of four "model" Boy Scouts toured the whole length of Lincoln to spread the word of the marker project and to show off scouting skills. One of them, Mark Hughes was from Joliet. A relative of his is still in scouting in Joliet, but unfortunately was unable to attend. Then, Lenore Weiss, dedicated the impressive new Route 66 map mural by Jerry McClannahan. It shows the road through all eight states with landmarks along the way. Keep on Down that Two Lane Highway. --RoadDog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From the Grand Island Independent: Downtown Joins Lincoln Highway Association (requires free login): http://www.theindependent.com/stories/1117...w_byway17.shtml The Nebraska Department of Roads, NDOR, has a lot of great historical information on their website at: http://www.dor.state.ne.us/history/index.htm Be sure to click on the Lincoln Highway link, and check out the publicity and graphics, about the new signing of the Lincoln Highway Byway: http://www.dor.state.ne.us/history/lincolnhwy.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From WyomingNews.com - an article about the Ames Monument outside of Cheyenne (one of the Great Pyramids of the Lincoln Highway): http://xrl.us/tzbx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Tooele Transcript Online covers Gregory Franzwa's Alice's Drive, the republishing of Alice Ramsey's memoir of her cross country auto trip from 1909: http://xrl.us/su5o ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From Rosevillept.com comes an article about Eddie Lang, "Mr. 40": http://xrl.us/tzao ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vintage road maps a window on their time, by Phil Patton of the NY Times, from the San Francisco Chronicle: http://xrl.us/tzdg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dixie Highway News http://www.dixiehighway.org/ is the home page of the Dixie Highway Association, a cooperative tourism project formed to promote the Dixie Highway from Ringgold to Marietta Square in Georgia. Be sure to download their brochure - it is a large pdf so prepare for a little delay. Checkout this article on old US 41 - the Dixie Highway from the managing editor of the Murfreesboro Post (Murfreesboro, Tennessee): http://www.murfreesboropost.com/news.php?viewStory=601 Answers.com wikipedia page on the Dixie Highway has a lot of great info and pictures, including a routing summary. Interestingly, someone has figured out that in 1925 the Dixie Highway was 5,786 miles long, making it America's longest highway. This length, of course, was only achieved because of the highway's parallel routes, doglegs and loops. http://www.answers.com/topic/dixie-highway Some of the enlargement links for the pictures don't work, but they do at this site: http://xrl.us/tzaa I especially like: Image:Dixie Highway across RR in Dania.jpg http://xrl.us/tzab The billboard shows drivers how to make the on-grade railroad crossing. *This photo is from the Florida Memory Project which includes 128,500 scanned and online images: http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/ This site needs some more exploration. The Historic Dixie Highway Arch in Stuart, FL was restored to it's 1926 condition and rededicated on November 22. Read more about it at TCPalm.com: http://xrl.us/tzcm It is located at between 2369 and 2390 Northeast Dixie Highway at Jensen Beach. On September 15, 2004 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. From Google's beta book search on the Dixie Highway - Public School Methods, Chicago: The Methods Co., 1917 - Chapter Seven - A Trip Over the Dixie Highway: http://xrl.us/tzin Pages 449-459 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Auctions OK - here's the ebay Lincoln Highway auction of the year - the second known set of large broadsides, probably the first published items of the Lincoln Highway Association from 1913 - An Appeal to Patriots, and Proclamation of Route of Lincoln Highway. Despite the fact that over 70,000 of these were printed virtually none have survived - true ephemera. This set was part of a collection that was displayed at a now closed Ford Dealership in Rochester, MI. In addition to these posters, the seller also separately offered a 1924 Official Guide to the Lincoln Highway, and the large 1920 booklet - A Picture of Progress on the Lincoln Way. The posters, in excellent condition were offered unframed, and bidding closed at $4,150. University of Michigan Special Collections Library lost out when their bid of $4,000 failed in their attempt to add these important documents missing from their original Lincoln Highway Association archive. Checkout the auction page at: http://xrl.us/tzhy Back up plan - I have the other known set of these broadsides, and have decided to donate them to U of M within the next two years. I had them archively matted and framed, and they are on display outside of my cubicle at work. LHA members may remember I brought them for display at the LHA National Conference in Chester, WV. The 1924 guides was a bargain when it closed at only $110.28: http://xrl.us/tzh2 I was the lucky winner of the 1920 booklet at $115.63: http://xrl.us/tzh3 Well, in honor of that other Ypsilantian, Preston Tucker, I have a bumper sticker that says, "My other car is a Tucker" and a few models. But it doesn't look like I'm getting a real one, at least not on my Civil Servant's budget. The Tucker Club reports, "SOLD! TUCKER #1038 SELLS AT AUCTION: RM Auctions, Inc. of Blenheim, Ontario, Canada, auctioned Tucker #1038 during the firm’s Monterey Sports & Classic Car Auction in Monterey, CA last month. The car reportedly sold for $577,500 plus auction fees." The #1038 is the serial number but keep in mind that this is one of only 51 that were built. You can check out some great pics of this ride at: http://www.rmauctions.com/AuctionResults.cfm?SaleCode=MO06# Scroll down to lot 458 and click on 1948 Tucker Torpedo Ebay: The historic Herring Hotel, a Lincoln Highway landmark in Belle Plaine, Iowa is for sale on ebay for $40,000. Lyell Henry wants me to take an early retirement, move to Iowa and run this hotel on the Lincoln Highway. Ok - let's see - 1st floor is my Lincoln Highway Museum with the all the non-paper stuff U of M doesn't want, 2nd floor - slim's International House of Stuff featuring thousands of vintage record albums, books, postcards and ephemera, 3rd floor - bachelor pad. Make your bid at: http://xrl.us/sqhj This rare real photo postcard view of Bedford, PA's Coffee Pot Restaurant closed at $253.90 http://xrl.us/tze8 A lucky LHA member from Iowa snagged this snapshot of a similar Coffee Pot shaped restaurant in Iowa (anyone know where?): http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=230028047174 I was the luck winner on a mini-cigar box for the Yellowstone Trail cigar: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=270029648069 This fits in nicely with my little collection of highway related cigar boxes which also includes the Lincoln Highway, Dixie Highway and National Highway! A 1942 real photo postcard of the lookout building at Donner Pass went for $169.48! (sorry no pic): http://xrl.us/tzfb Check out this Hall China automobile-shaped teapot in canary yellow. It attracted 14 bids and closed at $302.43: http://xrl.us/tzff This rarely seen hand-colored printed postcard of the Otter Hotel in Ashland, OH brought $90: http://xrl.us/tzfh A printed black & white postcard of the Lincoln Restaurant from Boone, IA closed at $22.05: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=110035443369 A real photo postcard of Ezra Meeker off the Oregon Trail at the Alamo was popular and closed at $102.50: http://xrl.us/tzfj A 1923 map of the National Old Trails Road through Colorado closed at $79.89: http://xrl.us/tzfk The ever popular Staffordshire china souvenir plate from the Grandview Ship Hotel on the Lincoln Highway in PA brought $75.88: http://xrl.us/tzfw A brass watch fob from the Yellowstone Trail Association attracted 34 bids and closed at $355.98 (sorry no pics): http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=290031671150 A scarce printed postcard of the Joseph Massetti Gulf gas station in Ardmore, PA brought $46.05: http://xrl.us/tzfy A real photo postcard of the famous Lincoln Highway bridge in Tama, IA closed at $53.53: http://xrl.us/tzfz Another real photo view from the same seller of the LH west entrance pillars in Tama brought $34.33: http://xrl.us/tzf2 An unusual 3-part advertising postcard from the gas pump manufacturer S F Bowser from Fort Wayne, IN brought $28.27: http://xrl.us/tzf4 A popular printed postcard of the Lincoln Highway signing crew, advertising Pattons' Sun-Proof Paint, closed at $64.22: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=290036598738 A wooden arrow sign to Idlewild Park, on the LH in Ligonier, PA brought $207.50: http://xrl.us/tzgb A real photo postcard of a lookout building at Echo Summit on US 50 in California closed at $101.50: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=290036905840 An advertising cigar cutter from the Lincoln Highway Garage in Lisbon, Ohio brought $38: http://xrl.us/tzgc Perhaps the scarcest postcard of the SS Grand View Ship Hotel - a real photo interior view of the dining room, closed at $147.50: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=140042201627 A 1926 official State Highway map of West Virginia brought $102.50: http://xrl.us/tzge A tin sign from the Lincoln Highway Garage in Rawlins, WY closed at $141.38 (an unused stash of these must exist as quite a few have shown up on ebay): http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=160043352612 A nice real photo view of the Trading Post Donut Shop at Donner Lake closed at $37.99: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=290042506321 A real photo postcard of Shorty's Place on the LH near Breezewood, PA brought $56.59: http://xrl.us/tzgf A Parker Brothers Lincoln Highway board game in nice shape with a good condition box, and apparently unused attracted 20 bids and closed at $219.50 (sorry no pics): http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=220041280239 A nice set of real photo stereoviews of the Lincoln Highway west from Omaha, from the Keystone Company brought $150 ($5 each): http://xrl.us/tzgh A 1928 Official State Highway map of Illinois in good condition only surprisingly closed at $152.50: http://xrl.us/tzgj A 1918 Official Guide to the Lincoln Highway with a bright cover was popular fielding 17 bid and bringing $256.98: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=160043384858 An SS Grand View Ship Hotel room key fob brought $88.59 (sorry no pics): http://xrl.us/tzgk A Southern California Auto Club porcelain sign for the Zion Park Highway / Arrowhead Trail, 15" closed at $3,159.99: http://xrl.us/tzgm A later shield shaped US 50 sign from Colorado brought $248.50: http://xrl.us/tzgn A matchcover from the Airport Lodge in Ely, NV closed at $27.11: http://xrl.us/tzgo A shield shaped Nevada US 95 sign with a couple of bullet holes closed at $1,525: http://xrl.us/tzgp A 1920 Official Automobile Blue Book, Vol. 8 covering CA, NV, UT and AZ brought $102.60: http://xrl.us/tzgr A fairly new, not uncommon, printed black and white postcard of the Lincoln Highway in Wayne, PA went for $112.02 (?): http://xrl.us/tzgs A 1939 World's Fair Lincoln Highway map closed at $71: http://xrl.us/tzgu A printed postcard of the Northern Hotel in Ely, NV brought $67: http://xrl.us/tzgv A 1921 Official Guide to the Lincoln Highway in fair condition attracted 22 bids and closed at $100: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=230063967904 A real photo postcard of the Giant Mills gas station in Galesburg, IL, a scarce view, garnered 15 bids and closed at $102.50: http://xrl.us/tzgy A 1928 road map from the General Gasoline company of Northern California brought $63.98: http://xrl.us/tzg4 An embossed steel shield shaped Illinois US 24 sign went for $203.50: http://xrl.us/tzg6 A 1929 Official State Highway map of New Mexico brought $225.50: http://xrl.us/tzg7 A scarce real photo view of the 1926 Sacramento - Davis Causeway went for $48.77 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=220060755450 And another different view from the same dealer went for $21.51 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=220060755404 A 20th Anniversary plastic toothpick holder in the shape of the Little Tavern Shop hamburger restaurant building from 1947 closed at $227.76: http://xrl.us/tzg8 A quart milk bottle from the Lincoln Highway Dairy in Delphos, OH brought $52.76: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=320061795053 A 4" Goodrich porcelain license plate tag brought $68.80: http://xrl.us/tzha A 1916 TIB Automobile Route Book for Minnesota-Wisconsin closed at $103: http://xrl.us/tzis Whew......that's all for now. yer pal, ypsi-slim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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