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
Cars Stuck in Muddy Road, 1924
Time Frame: 1924
Before hard-surfaced roads existed, cars easily became stuck in muddy rural roads. The 1924 edition of the "Official Road Guide to the Lincoln Highway" warned, "It is a folly to try to drive on Iowa dirt roads, during or immediately after a heavy rain. Time will not be saved by attempting it."
Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation
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