Isaac B. Potter, President of the League of American Wheelmen, 1916
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Isaac B. Potter was an advocate for good roads. As managing editor of Good Roads magazine in the 1890s, he constantly sought to educate wheelmen and others about the importance of American roadway infrastructure. He wrote articles, essays, books, and helped draft legislation promoting good-road ideology. In 1897, he was elected president of the League of American Wheelmen.
Isaac B. Potter was an advocate for good roads. As managing editor of Good Roads magazine in the 1890s, he constantly sought to educate wheelmen and others about the importance of American roadway infrastructure. He wrote articles, essays, books, and helped draft legislation promoting good-road ideology. In 1897, he was elected president of the League of American Wheelmen.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1916
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
86.18.51.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Toning (Photography)
Color
Brown
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 7.25 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on front: With affectionate regard / your friend ever / Isaac B. Potter / Jany 1916 (at one time president of League of American Wheelmen during the 1890's.) Printed on envelope: PHOTOCRAFT / PRINT / AVERY / EDWIN / FIELD / LORING BLDG. / RIVERSIDE, CAL.
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