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Coolidge-Dawes Lincoln Tour campaign truck photograph

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Call Number:
F0034
Repository:
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Extent:
1 item
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
GRA 0099, F0034, Coolidge-Dawes Lincoln Tour campaign truck photograph, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Date:
1924
Creator:
Creator unknown
Form:
Black-and-white photographs
Abstract:
In 1924, Republican presidential candidate Calvin Coolidge organized The Lincoln Tour, a 56-day, cross-country road rally of 100,000 automobiles that was designed to be a continuous political parade along the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental road for automobiles in the country. This is a photograph of a truck from the Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes campaign's Lincoln Tour.

Dedicated in 1913, the Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental road for automobiles in the United States. It winds its way over 3,000 miles between New York City and San Francisco, traveling through numerous cities including Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Omaha, Cheyenne, and Salt Lake City.

In 1924, Republican presidential candidate Calvin Coolidge organized The Lincoln Tour, a 56-day, cross-country road rally of 100,000 automobiles that was designed to be a continuous political parade from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The tour included rallies in towns along the route and speeches from prominent Republican politicans, advocating for Coolidge's reelection.

The Lincoln Highway Association. "The Lincoln Highway." https://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/Speedreaders.info. "The 1924 Coolidge-Dawes Lincoln Tour." https://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/https://speedreaders.info/12063-1924-coolidge-dawes-lincoln-tour/

This is a photograph of a truck from the Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes campaign's Lincoln Tour. E.A. Seidel, driver of the lead truck, stands on the running board, waving. The photographer is unidentified.

Shelved in SPEC GRA oversize boxes (18 inches)

Purchase, 2020

Processed and encoded by John D. M. Caldwell, September 2020.

Items from the collection appeared in the exhibition "Trail to the Voting Booth: An Exploration of Political Ephemera," lauched online September 2020, University of Delaware – Morris Library. The exhibition can be viewed online at https://exhibitions.lib.udel.edu/trail-to-the-voting-booth.

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University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2020 September 6
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Collection Inventory

[Calvin] Coolidge - [Charles G.] Dawes Lincoln Tour campaign truck photograph, 1924.
C3 : A : 5

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