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15 3/4" x 12" x 2 1/2" in embossed and gilt brown boards. 149 pages with nearly 450 photographs, postcards and ephemeral pieces of which most are captioned in manuscript. Forty-eight original photographs, RPPCs, programs, pamphlets, newspaper clippings and magazine extracts. This is an amazing and well-documented automobile trip of Agnes Marie Newer and her family as they crossed the United States and into Cuba. At the age of 16, Agnes and her family departed their home in Denver on May 8, 1947, on their trip filled with adventure, excitement, interesting situations and educational experiences. The trip would begin in Denver, Colorado and last for a period of four months. From Colorado Agnes and family would go through Oklahoma, Ozarks, Tennessee, Mississippi, New Orleans, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Cuba, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York City, Philadelphia, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin Iowa and Missouri. Many of the state capitals were visited, Governors were met, several of which gave their autographs to Agnes and historical places were highlighted. "A Trip." "Our trip really started in August, 1944. At which time we started to plan and save for a trip to Cuba. Since that time the plans have expanded and matured. So on this 8thday of May, 1947, I set me down to write of the doings of this tour of you-shall-see-where." Excerpts from the four month trip include: "Leaving Pearl's at 6 p.m. we started out again. Now some trouble developed so the car would go only 20 miles per hour. We stopped at two garages. After these visits the car would run alright for a time and then the same thing would happen. At last we made it into Syracuse, Kansas at 10 p.m. and got a cabin which turned out to be the poorest of the whole trip. And so ended the first day with all of us very tired." "We left Oklahoma City about noon. We drove east. There was a wild hog beside the road that we saw, also some funny-looking cattle that turned out later to be Brahmas . breakfast at Fort Smith. We crossed the Ozarks, There were logs of backward home's and people." "Stayed in Memphis . More colored people than any southern town we were in." "Our next important stop that day was Vicksburg, Miss. There is where the last battle of the Civil War was fought. It is said to be the best marked battlefield in the world. Next stop was Natchez, Miss. Where we stayed all night. This is quite a historical town. It has 22 antebellum plantations homes. The town was like a mining town. "On the morning of Wed. Feb. 12. we went through the antebellum homes in Natchez. We left there at noon and soon crossed the Louisiana state line. About 5 miles into Louisiana, we stopped and visited Afton Villa, which is undoubtedly the most beautiful home we visited. Word's cannot describe it. From there we drove to Baton Rouge. We got a new cabin which was very nice." "Tuesday Feb 18 was Mardi Gras. Mama and I got up at 5:30 and went right down town to get a seat for the parade which came at 1:30 P.M. We got a seat on a newstand. Dad came to town later and saw the parade farther up town. There were at least a million people on Canal St. that day. There were worlds of pretty costumes and plenty of crazy ones too." "We went thru the White House of the Confederacy where Jeff Davis lived . We left Dothan, Ala. Early and drove to Bainbridge Geo. For breakfast. In Georgia there were lots of tobacco fields. We also saw lots of colored homes. The condition of these homes is beyond belief." "Next morning we took a few pictures of the fruit continuing southward. We saw lots of orange groves. We bought about 8 dozen oranges for 75 cents. One could have all the orange juice you could drink for a dime." "March 11, will also, always be an unforgettable day getting up at 5:30. We were still out of sight of land. I got a good movie of the sunrise on the water when w.
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