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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramTamiami trail blazers - Tamiami Trail, Florida.
Image Number
RC01599
Date Note
Photographed April 4-22, 1923.
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Collection
Reference collection
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Physical Description
1 photoprint - b&w - 6 x 9 in.
General Note
These were the first men to cross the unfinished portion of the trail (from Fort Myers to Everglades City) in automobiles. The group included one commissary truck, 7 model T Fords, and a new Elcar but only the 7 Fords made it. Here they are shown leaving Fort Myers.
Tamiami trail blazers - Tamiami Trail, Florida.
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