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- Child's Sunbonnet, circa 1875 -
- circa 1875
- Collections - Artifact
Child's Sunbonnet, circa 1875
- Road Construction in the Midwestern United States, circa 1950 - In the 1950s, road construction in the United States became national in scope. Workers built multi-lane state turnpikes and federally funded interstate highways, and then connected them to create - for the first time - a web of smooth motorway that spanned the country. This photograph of a construction project in the Midwest illustrates the massive scale of the highway system.
- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Road Construction in the Midwestern United States, circa 1950
In the 1950s, road construction in the United States became national in scope. Workers built multi-lane state turnpikes and federally funded interstate highways, and then connected them to create - for the first time - a web of smooth motorway that spanned the country. This photograph of a construction project in the Midwest illustrates the massive scale of the highway system.
- Road Construction in the Midwestern United States, circa 1958 - United States president Dwight D. Eisenhower wanted a better cross-country transportation system to increase national security during the Cold War. Inspired by Germany's high-speed autobahn highway system, he championed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. Nationwide construction of interstate expressways was a massive, decades-long undertaking, and the project forever altered transportation patterns and the American traveling experience.
- circa 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Road Construction in the Midwestern United States, circa 1958
United States president Dwight D. Eisenhower wanted a better cross-country transportation system to increase national security during the Cold War. Inspired by Germany's high-speed autobahn highway system, he championed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. Nationwide construction of interstate expressways was a massive, decades-long undertaking, and the project forever altered transportation patterns and the American traveling experience.
- Road Construction in the Midwestern United States, circa 1950 - In the 1950s, road construction in the United States became national in scope. Workers built multi-lane state turnpikes and federally funded interstate highways, and then connected them to create - for the first time - a web of smooth motorway that spanned the country. This photograph of a construction project in the Midwest illustrates the massive scale of the highway system.
- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Road Construction in the Midwestern United States, circa 1950
In the 1950s, road construction in the United States became national in scope. Workers built multi-lane state turnpikes and federally funded interstate highways, and then connected them to create - for the first time - a web of smooth motorway that spanned the country. This photograph of a construction project in the Midwest illustrates the massive scale of the highway system.
- 1865 Roper Steam Carriage - This vehicle is the oldest surviving American automobile. In the 1860s, a small steam carriage running under its own power -- without horses! -- was so startling that people paid to see it driven. It was a curiosity, not transportation. By the time its inventor, Sylvester Roper, died in 1896, new innovators were transforming horseless carriages from curiosities into practical vehicles.
- 1865
- Collections - Artifact
1865 Roper Steam Carriage
This vehicle is the oldest surviving American automobile. In the 1860s, a small steam carriage running under its own power -- without horses! -- was so startling that people paid to see it driven. It was a curiosity, not transportation. By the time its inventor, Sylvester Roper, died in 1896, new innovators were transforming horseless carriages from curiosities into practical vehicles.