Radiator Emblem Lincoln Highway

ID: 466 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society, 11744-135 ~ Date: 1915-1916
This file appears in: The Lincoln Highway-Gardiner Station Section
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In the first edition of the "Complete Official Road Guide" published in 1915 and 1916 a Lincoln Highway Radiator Emblem is advertised. The emblem is three colors red, white, and blue, and includes the writing "Sustaining Lincoln Highway Member". The emblem also has a large "L" in the center of the piece, and a copyright symbol underneath the word "highway". The emblems were sent to people who paid $5.00 annually of the Lincoln Highway club. Profits made where used to build Lincoln Highways.

This file appears in: The Lincoln Highway-Gardiner Station Section

By The Explore Nebraska History team
The Lincoln Highway Association was founded in 1913 to promote a coast-to-coast, toll-free automobile route. The Lincoln Highway, which followed existing roadways through thirteen states, was…