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    This set of primary sources was curated for a Connecting with Primary Sources professional development activity for the 2022 National Council for History Education Colloquium: Technology's Impact in American History: History on Wheels hosted by The Henry Ford in Dearborn, MI.

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    Junior Chamber of Commerce warns against jaywalking. 1953.
    Green Book: 1962.
    Photograph of a scene inside the General Motors Assembly Plant. 1985.
    Highway sign. Waco, Texas. 1937.
    Dedication of photovoltaic powered highway sign. 1977.
    Letter, Sinclair Weeks to President Dwight D. Eisenhower Regarding Improvement of the Interstate Highway System. 1956.
    Chandelier of Ford Cars Suspended from a Ford Wheel, Ford Exhibit, A Century of Progress. 1934.
    Image 2 of Rosa Parks Papers: Subject File, 1937-2005; Montgomery Bus Boycott; Instructions to car-pool drivers and passengers, 1955-1956.
    Campaigning to stop jaywalking. 1953.
    United Auto Workers strike cartoon. 1970.
    Indianapolis Motor Speedway, greatest race course in the world
    [Assembly]
    [Electric auto at re-charging station]
    Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edison
    Das erste praktisch brauchbare automobil der welt, das Benz-Dreirad von 1885
    Expressway Conference Committee History, Facts and Opinion on Expressways. Late 1960s. University of Baltimore.
    UAW on TV. 1981-82.
    The Suburban Sprawl Game. 1997.
    Look Out for Free Service with It's Train of Troubles. The Birmingham Age-Herald. December 09, 1923, Automobile Section, Page 7, Image 27
    Oral history with 85 year old white female, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript)
    Automobiling
    Highway commissioner announces 5-year construction program. The Detroit Tribune., October 12, 1957, Page 8, Image 8.
    Golden suffrage car with crusaders and gowns starts 15,000-mile tour. The Day Book. April 12, 1916, LAST EDITION, Image 13.
    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago
    Madison Square, New York
    H.R.22 - FAST Act. 114th Congress (2015-2016)
    Maryland City is Born. Evening Star. June 24, 1961, Page B-5, Image 29
    The New Ford One-Ton Truck Here. The Washington Herald. August 19, 1917, Page 6, Image 18.
    Miles of Conveyors in Ford Plant. Maryland Independent. September 19, 1930, Page 8, Image 8
    Henry Ford and George Washing Carver in Mr. Carver’s food laboratory, July 22, 1942. Jackson Advocate. December 7, 1963, Page 2, Image 2
    Henry Ford, Charles E. Taylor and Orville Wright with a Wright bicycle at Greenfield Village. 1937.
    Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Levittown, Nassau County, New York. 1953.
    Good bye horses! St. Paul Daily Globe. August 11, 1892, Page 5, Image 5
    Scraps of Science. Pittsburg Dispatch. December 09, 1891, Page 12, Image 12
    The Motocycle Race. Evening Star. December 03, 1895, Page 10, Image 10
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