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Map Hupmobile United America Tour, 1918. Hupmobile United America Tour

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Title

  • Hupmobile United America Tour, 1918.

Other Title

  • Hupmobile United America Tour

Summary

  • This map, issued in 1918 by the National Highways Association (NHA), shows the route of the United America Tour undertaken by the Hupp Motor Car Corporation, under the auspices of the American Automobile Association and the NHA, "for the purpose of pioneering a new good road that would include all capitals and major cities of the U.S." The tour began in Washington, DC, on August 28, 1916, and was completed, after visits to the capitals of all of the then-48 states, in the same city on January 9, 1917. The total distance covered was 19,861 miles (31,963 kilometers). The NHA was established in 1911 to promote the development of an improved national road network in the United States. Under the slogan "Good roads for everyone!" the NHA proposed a 150,000-mile (241,402-kilometer) network of roads, based on a four-fold system of national, state, county, and town or township highways and roads. The map associates the cause of good roads with the "preparedness" campaign, which was launched early in World War I by those advocating U.S. entry to the war as an ally of Britain and France. A note on the map indicates that the tour was made in a stock five-passenger Hupmobile, which is pictured in the lower-left corner. The Hupp Motor Car Company of Detroit was founded in 1908 by Robert Craig Hupp and his brother Louis Gorham Hupp. It was known for technical innovation and competed strongly with Ford and Chevrolet in the 1920s. Its fortunes declined in the Great Depression of the 1930s, however, and it ceased production in 1939.

Names

  • American Lithographic Company Printer.
  • National Highways Association Creator.

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : National Highways Association, 1918.

Headings

  • -  United States of America
  • -  1916-08-28 to 1917-01-09
  • -  American Automobile Association
  • -  Automobile travel
  • -  Hupp Motor Company
  • -  Roads

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Scale approximately 1:3,800,000"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map : color ; 75 x 124 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668528

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

American Lithographic Company Printer, and National Highways Association Creator. Hupmobile United America Tour. Washington, D.C.: National Highways Association, 1918. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668528/.

APA citation style:

American Lithographic Company Printer & National Highways Association Creator. (1918) Hupmobile United America Tour. Washington, D.C.: National Highways Association. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668528/.

MLA citation style:

American Lithographic Company Printer, and National Highways Association Creator. Hupmobile United America Tour. Washington, D.C.: National Highways Association, 1918. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668528/>.