The Social Side of the Automobile
Auto Gassing Up, ca. 1918-1922
Brick Road Construction, 1918
Eureka Bridge Construction on the Lincoln Highway (2 of 4)
Early Road Sign
Competing Routes to Omaha, ca. 1920
Early State Border Marker U.S. Highway 65
Busy Downtown Streets, Early 1900s
Cars Stuck in Muddy Road, 1924
'Inpassable' Dirt Road
Downtown Forest City, ca. 1925
Early Automobile Sunday Drive
Early Automobile Sunday Drive
Time Frame: ca. 1915
Few inventions have had more impact on 20th century America than the automobile. The first automobiles displayed in Iowa were shown at a fair in Linn County in 1899. By 1927 there was one motor vehicle for every 3.31 persons, and automobiles were responsible for 85 percent of total highway traffic in the state.
Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation
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