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- TripTik Map for Detroit, Michigan to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1951-1952 - The TripTik, AAA's iconic planning guide, provided travelers with destination directions, points of interest, and a list of services and accommodations available along the way. This guide from the early 1950s described the route from Detroit, Michigan, to Lake Wales, Florida.
- 1951-1952
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TripTik Map for Detroit, Michigan to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1951-1952
The TripTik, AAA's iconic planning guide, provided travelers with destination directions, points of interest, and a list of services and accommodations available along the way. This guide from the early 1950s described the route from Detroit, Michigan, to Lake Wales, Florida.
- Brochure, "The South Comes North," 1948-1950 - The Committee for Cooperation with the New South sought to change the discriminatory and segregationist policies in the post-World War II South. With this brochure, the committee targeted Northerners to back their cause. Supporters were urged to donate a dollar or more to aid progressive Southerners who promoted voter registration, "Negro liberation" and the interests of sharecroppers.
- 1948-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Brochure, "The South Comes North," 1948-1950
The Committee for Cooperation with the New South sought to change the discriminatory and segregationist policies in the post-World War II South. With this brochure, the committee targeted Northerners to back their cause. Supporters were urged to donate a dollar or more to aid progressive Southerners who promoted voter registration, "Negro liberation" and the interests of sharecroppers.
- The Need of Scientific Agriculture in the South, 1902 -
- 1902
- Collections - Artifact
The Need of Scientific Agriculture in the South, 1902
- What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking, 1995 -
- 1881
- Collections - Artifact
What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking, 1995
- The Southern Wheelman, Vol. 1, No. 10, April 1, 1892 - British manufacturer Rover popularized a new bicycle design in 1885. It featured two wheels of equally modest size and a chain-and-sprocket drive. The Rover "safety" bike was easier to mount and ride than the high-wheel bicycles that came before it. This issue of <em>The Southern Wheelman</em> included an advertisement for Rover cycles.
- April 01, 1892
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The Southern Wheelman, Vol. 1, No. 10, April 1, 1892
British manufacturer Rover popularized a new bicycle design in 1885. It featured two wheels of equally modest size and a chain-and-sprocket drive. The Rover "safety" bike was easier to mount and ride than the high-wheel bicycles that came before it. This issue of The Southern Wheelman included an advertisement for Rover cycles.
- "Federation of Southern Cooperatives" Sign -
- Collections - Artifact
"Federation of Southern Cooperatives" Sign
- Letter from Jefferson Davis to Paul Hamilton Hayne, 1885 -
- September 01, 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from Jefferson Davis to Paul Hamilton Hayne, 1885
- Letter from Henry Wilson to Sanborn, October 6, 1870 -
- October 06, 1870
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Letter from Henry Wilson to Sanborn, October 6, 1870
- Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder Record, "Dixie," 1913 -
- 1913
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder Record, "Dixie," 1913
- "Travellers for the South," circa 1845 - The Post Office was among railroads' earliest and most important customers. Special railcars, introduced as early as 1838, not only carried mail but also served as mobile sorting facilities in which postal workers processed letters and parcels en route. In the mid-20th century, automated mail sorting, along with increased truck and airplane transport, made railway mail cars obsolete.
- circa 1845
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"Travellers for the South," circa 1845
The Post Office was among railroads' earliest and most important customers. Special railcars, introduced as early as 1838, not only carried mail but also served as mobile sorting facilities in which postal workers processed letters and parcels en route. In the mid-20th century, automated mail sorting, along with increased truck and airplane transport, made railway mail cars obsolete.