1919
Citation: 129.707.1 (Full image size: 60Kb)
This photograph was taken en route during the U.S. Army's convoy across the United States, from east coast to west coast, in 1919 at the end of World War I. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a young army officer, was one of the leaders of the convoy which followed the Lincoln Highway. The convoy passed through the Ames-Boone area on July 25, 1919. The exact location in this photograph is unknown, but is of interest because the service station attendent who is filling the automobile's gas tank is a woman. For more information, see chapter 28, pp. 102-104, of Farwell Brown's "Ames the Early Years in Word and Picture; From Marsh to Modern City," 1993. (Photograph is courtesy of the Mamie Eisenhower Birthplace collection, Boone, Iowa.)
Citation: 129.707.2 (Full image size: 73Kb)
The military convoy as it appeared in the Sand Hills area of Nebraska during U.S. Army-trek, at the end of World War I, acorss the United States (from east to west) on the Lincoln Highway. Future president Dwight D. Eisenhower, then a young army officer, was one of those leading the exercise. The purpose of the convoy was to prove the maneuverability of military equipment while on the move and to demonstrate the need for improved roads across the nation. As the convoy moved across the country, a number of bridges had to be rebuilt to accommodate all the vehicles. The convoy passed through the Ames-Boone area on July 25, 1919. (Photo is courtesy of the Mamie Eisenhower Birthplace collection, Boone, Iowa.)
Citation: 129.707.3 (Full image size: 58Kb)
Dwight Eisenhower, far right, with three unidentified associates, in 1919 during the time the 29-year-old lieutenant colonel, four years out of West Point, participated in a transcontinental military convoy trek. The convoy left Washington, D. C. on July 7, travelled 3,200 miles (half on dirt roads). After nearly 60 days, the convoy entered San Francisco. It passed through the Ames-Boone area on July 25. The route across the U. S. was the Lincoln Highway, a transcontinental route established in 1913. (Photo courtesy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library)
Citation: 129.707.4 (Full image size: 34Kb)
Military convoy as it appeared in western Nebraska during 1919 trek across the U. S. (from east to west) on the Lincoln Highway. Future president Dwight Eisenhower was one of the officers leading the exercise. The purpose of the convoy was to prove the maneuverability of military equipment, the ability of personnel to maintain that equipment while on the move, and to demonstrate the need for serviceable roads across the nation. The convoy passed through Ames-Boone are on July 25. (Photo courtesy of Mamie Eisenhower Birthplace collection, Boone, IA.)
Citation: 180.1015.4-5 (Full image size: 82Kb)
In 1919, a U.S. Army motorcade made its way across the country on the Lincoln Highway from the east coast to the west coast. The first transcontinental military convoy crossed through Iowa in July and included in its itinerary Ames (July 25) and Tama (shown here). The motorcade included in its personnel, Dwight D. Eisenhower, then a 29-year-old lieutenant colonel, who was in charge of the tank unit. The purpose of the convoy was to prove the maneuverability of mobile military equipment, the ability of personnel to maintain that equipment while on the move, and to demonstrate the need for serviceable roads across the nation. (See also 180.1016.1-2)
Citation: 90.479.4 (Full image size: 93Kb)
This army vehicle in a military transcontinental motorcade came through Ames in July, 1919. The Lincoln Highway provided plenty of mud and dust as the soldiers traveled across Iowa. The soldier pictured here is shown washing his vehicle in Cedar Rapids.
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
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