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Lincoln Highway, The Road My Father Traveled

is a compelling journey of photographs and history from Philadelphia to San Francisco in 1915.

This 213 page book with 400 photographs is about the first coast-to-coast road in America, intersecting thirteen states. This book was inspired by a small leather diary of my photographer father, when he drove the Lincoln Highway in 1915 to attend the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.

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Little Giant and Crew 1915

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Nusslihaus books offers books with pictures and history of old cars, a complete Lincoln highway picture tour, a selection of historical old baby pictures and old family pictures, and more. Experience Americas' first coast-to-coast highway and the history of the Lincoln highway through our memory books packed with old pictures and rich with American history.

Rainbow Bridge (see page 192)

The Rainbow Summit Bridge on Donner Pass Road, also U.S. 40

Three-mile picture show (see page 185)

It was the brainchild of Arthur Pardington, Lincoln Highway secretary, in 1915 to film the Lincoln--all 3,389 miles of it, from New York to San Francisco to promote the Lincoln Highway. Five popular cars of the day were chosen for the caravan: Stutz, Studebaker, Packard, Oakland, and Little Giant. None survive to today, but Oakland comes the closest by morphing into Pontiac in 1932

Famous Lincoln Coffee Pot (see page 41)

This famous coffee pot was built in 1927 to serve the travelers of the Lincoln Highway. In 2003 it received some renovation and moved across the street to the Bedford County Fair grounds where it continues to serve the public as a museum.

Mile marker #21 west of Philadelphia (see page 9)

The Lincoln Highway was not only the first coast-to-coast road in the United States, it also inherited the first paved road in the nation--the 1795 Philadelphia to Lancaster Turnpike, 61.5 miles from the west bank of the Schuylkill River to the center of Lancaster.

Mildred Heath (see page 30)

At 92 Mildred works every day at the Overton Observer which she started in 1938 when the former Overton Herald moved twenty miles down the road to Lexington. 2006 update: At 99 she still lives by herself and goes to work five days a week.

The fifth bridge, 1930 (see page 19)

During a dinner at the home of Thomas Jefferson in 1779, a vote was taken for the permanent seat of government. Columbia, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River, lost out to a spot on the Potomic by just one vote---in deference to the southern states.

Early Lincoln Highway. (see page 81)

At the turn of the 20th Century autos roared onto the American stage, but for the most part they were playthings for the rich with little thought for good country roads. Trains were for out-of-town travel. Charles Duryea wrote in 1909, "The novelty of owning an automobile has largely worn off. The neighbors have one of their own. The whole family has become so accustomed to auto riding that some members generally prefer to ride alone or remain behind while others go."

The first "Indianapolis 500" (see page 66)

The Indianapolis 500 was the brainchild of Carl Fisher, an early enthusiastic supporter of the Lincoln Highway. His inspiration for the "500" came from a trip to Europe where he was stunned by the superiority of European cars over American. He said, "They can go faster uphill than American cars can go down."

Little Giant at Donner Lake (see page 191)

Frank C. Nissley grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania. At age 21 (1903) he left the farm to seek his fortune through the lens of a camera. Thousands of baby pictures later in 1915 he bought a Little Giant truck and pointed it westward on the Lincoln Highway toward San Francisco.

Frenchman Station (see page 186)

Frenchman Station (early 1900's) was about thirty miles east of Fallon, Nevada, on the Lincoln Highway. It was so named for the owner, a small Frenchman, Aime Bermond. There was no local water source so Bermond maintained a deep cistern which he supplied with water twice a week from twenty miles up in the mountains. He charged twenty-five cents per bucket.

First hybrid car, 1898 (see page 71)

This first hybrid car (Munson Omnibus) was built in La Porte, Indiana. It combined the best virtues of both gasoline and electricity. This car made two trips from La Porte to New York City and was the first to drive on the famous Riverside Drive.

The Great Salt Lake Desert (see page 163)

The Lincoln Highway in Utah passes through a portion of the Great Salt Lake Desert which covers 4,000 square miles southwest of Salt Lake City.

Snowsheds and Lake (see page 190)

This is the site of the famous Donner Party tragedy in 1846-47. Only forty-nine of the original ninety-one survived.

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Lincoln Highway, The Road My Father Traveled

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