Cyrus Avery Route 66 Plaque, 1930
notes: label: Description
content: Cyrus Avery, a businessman in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is credited with creating the identity of Route 66. Avery saw the need for better roads through his state, and as chairman of the state highway commission, he helped to plan the national system of numbered highways. His proposal for a highway from Chicago to Los Angeles along a southwestern route was approved and designated U.S. 66 in 1926. Avery founded the U.S. 66 Highway Association and coined the route’s nickname, “Main Street of America.” This silver-plated plaque bears the inscription "U. S. 66 HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION / THE MAIN STREET OF AMERICA / PRESENTED TO CY. S. AVERY FOR HIS FAITHFUL SERVICES AS PRESIDENT 1929-1930"
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content: United States: Oklahoma
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of C. Stevens Avery II and Joy Avery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0221.01
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0221.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0221
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plaque
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (plaque material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 15 in x 1 1/2 in; 48.26 cm x 38.1 cm x 3.81 cm