Join Jay Leno and Donald Osborne as they tool around in a classic 1916 Packard. What initially caught my eye was the Lincoln Highway logo embedded in the car, “Motometer.” The Motometer was a gauge to let the driver know the temperature in the radiator. I’m not sure why these Packards had Motometers with the LH Logo embedded in them. Perhaps the new and modern feeling the Lincoln Highway represented went with the feeling one would have driving this fine automobile with such beautiful and contemporary gauges.
Category: Today’s Lincoln Highway
Lincoln Highway Travelers Guide
Pictured here is an excerpt from a small guide that was published in 1914 advising potential Transcontinental Tourists on The Lincoln Highway, of hints and suggestions for making the trip. Here is a page from the little booklet concerning provisions that should be taken along for the journey. I find it fascinating to see what folks had to bring with them before the advent of plastics.
Love the “gauntlet gloves,” which look so cool. How about the specific brand “Ingersoll” watch, and the pair of “yellow” and “white goggles”? Don’t forget a package of “bachelor buttons,” which I assume are not the flowers, but replacement buttons?
The next paragraph recommends what types of food to pack along including, “Slab Best Bacon,” “10 lbs Potatoes,” and of course, “surgeons plaster” for sealing those tin cans. As mentioned in the pamphlet, these provisions are to be kept with the car at “all times, west of Omaha Neb.”
There is more to the book, which I’ll cover in the next post. This booklet comes to you when you join The Lincoln Highway Association.
Coatesville, PA train station to be renovated
Coatesville, Pennsylvania is preparing for a renovation of its train station, along with a streetscape project between the station and the Lincoln Highway.
- Train station project advancing quickly, Eric S. Smith, The Daily Local News (West Chester, Pa.), October 23, 2011
Plans for Gateway Park in Plainfield, IL stalled
The effort to build Gateway Park in Plainfield, Illinois has been stalled, due to a failure to secure a federal grant and the unwillingness of a property owner to donate its land to the park. The park would sit at the intersection of Illinois State Route 59 (old Route 66) and U.S. 30 (the Lincoln Highway).
- Old House Comes Down, but Gateway Park’s Stalled, Karen Sorensen, Plainfield (Ill.) Patch, August 16, 2011
Previous coverage:
- Plans revived for Gateway Park at Lincoln Highway and Route 66, April 11, 2011