| Summary: | This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 181: The thumb was a mighty important appendage to hundreds of male students at API from the late 1930s through the 1940s and into the 1950s. Few students had cars, and on weekends, during holidays, and at the semester and quarter break, many went home, went to see girlfriends, or just went. They got there and back by hitchhiking [as] thumbing frequently was a more rapid means of transportation than train or bus. Thousands thumbed to Auburn football games in Birmingham, Atlanta, Montgomery, and Columbus, and few missed a kickoff. The hitchhikers in this picture were at the Main Gate, hoping to get a ride down U.S. 29 to Montgomery or points beyond. Photo source: Auburn University Archives.
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