Dixie Highway scrapbooks and photograph albums, 1915-1917.

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Dixie Highway scrapbooks and photograph albums, 1915-1917.

Collection contains: scrapbooks and albums of photographs, clippings, brochures, and correspondence related to the development of the Dixie Highway and W.S. Gilbreath's role in its building and promotion.

6 albums.3 portfolios.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8260592

University of Michigan

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Dixie Highway Association

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Gilbreath, William

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Businessman and former Army Captain, Gilbreath was instrumental in the development and promotion of the north-south Dixie Highway. The Highway, begun in 1915, had two routes, a Western Division that carried travelers from Chicago, Illinois, into the south via Indianapolis, Indiana, Nashville, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia; and an Eastern Division that had its northern-most terminus in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, with a route running through Detroit, Michigan, Toledo and Cincinnati, Ohio, and...

Fisher, Carl G. (Carl Graham), 1874-1939

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Real estate developer and entrepreneur. From the description of Papers, 1896-1958 (bulk 1914-1939). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70951368 Entrepreneur and real estate developer, of Miami Beach, Fla. From the description of Papers, 1896-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70945465 ...