Lincoln Highway E-Newsletter
Volume 19 • December 2006

Many links to newspaper articles are valid only for one week to one month after publication.

by Russell "ypsi-slim" Rein

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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I've posted some information on the net about the Lincoln Highway
concrete marker medallions:
http://www.indianalincolnhighway.com/page13.html

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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From Rosevillept.com comes an article about Eddie Lang, "Mr. 40":
http://xrl.us/tzao

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Vintage road maps a window on their time, by Phil Patton of the NY
Times, from the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://xrl.us/tzdg

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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

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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

Lincoln Highway E-Newsletter Volume 19 • December 2006

Lincoln Highway E-Newsletter
Volume 19 • December 2006