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Map of the Dixie Highway System, 1919

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State Library of Florida, Florida Ephemera Collection, Tourist Routes and Trails

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Map of the Dixie Highway system, drawn by Rudolph J. Shutting of Chattanooga. The map shows the route traversing the U.S. from Michigan and Chicago south to Miami, including alternate or auxiliary routes along the way. The Dixie Highway was first proposed in 1915 by Carl Graham Fisher.

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1919 (circa)

Creator

Shutting, Rudolph J.

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Maps

Title

Map of the Dixie Highway System, 1919

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Automobile travel

United States--Dixie Highway

Road maps

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Shutting, Rudolph J.

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State Library of Florida, Florida Ephemera Collection, Tourist Routes and Trails

Date

1919 (circa)

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maps

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eng-US

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Text

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sle_transportation_03

Coverage

Florida Boom and Progressive Era (1900-1926)

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ca. 1919

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Tourism and Attractions

Subject - Person

Shutting, Rudolph J.

Fisher, Carl Graham

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Shutting, Rudolph J. Map of the Dixie Highway System, 1919. 1919 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/318848>, accessed 14 October 2026.

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Shutting, Rudolph J. Map of the Dixie Highway System, 1919. 1919 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/318848>

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(State Archives of Florida/Shutting)

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