Poster, "Proclamation of the Route of the Lincoln Highway," 1913
THF68308 / Poster, "Proclamation of the Route of the Lincoln Highway," 1913
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Artifact Overview
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.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Poster
Date Made
1913
Subject Date
1913
Creators
Creator Notes
Made for the Lincoln Highway Association
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
87.135.105
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Automobile Club of Michigan.
Material
Glass (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Wood (Plant Material)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Inscriptions
Printed at top: Proclamation / OF ROUTE OF / The Lincoln Highway
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In the mid-19th century, road builders experimented with "plank roads" consisting of wood planks laid across longitudinal wood beams. Wood provided a smoother surface than dirt or gravel, especially in wet weather, but it deteriorated quickly. Maintenance costs, financed by user tolls, were prohibitively expensive and most plank roads were gradually resurfaced with gravel.