1940s-1950s: API students hitchhiking

1940s-1950s: API students hitchhiking

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...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
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Auburn photographs
Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/village,203
format Electronic
collection Auburn The Loveliest Village Collection
building Auburn University Digital Library
publisher Auburn University Libraries
topic Auburn photographs
spellingShingle Auburn photographs
1940s-1950s: API students hitchhiking
fulltopic Auburn photographs
Auburn (Ala.); Auburn University; Auburn University -- Students; College students -- Alabama; Hitchhiking -- Alabama; Military cadets -- Alabama;
Business & Industry -- Transportation; Geography & Environment -- Human Environment -- Transportation Routes; History -- 1929-1945: The Great Depression and World War II; History -- 1946-1987: Post-World War II and the Era of Civil Rights;
description 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.
spelling 1940s-1950s: API students hitchhikingThis 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.ca. 1940s-1950sAuburn – Lee County – AlabamaAuburn (Ala.); Auburn University; Auburn University -- Students; College students -- Alabama; Hitchhiking -- Alabama; Military cadets -- Alabama;Business & Industry -- Transportation; Geography & Environment -- Human Environment -- Transportation Routes; History -- 1929-1945: The Great Depression and World War II; History -- 1946-1987: Post-World War II and the Era of Civil Rights;black and white photograph, 2013 x 1273 pixelsImageJPEG163B.tifLogue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 3rd edition. 2013.Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.Auburn University LibrariesengThis image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.http://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/village/id/203
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