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Subcategory Travel contains 16 item(s).

	Essex Touring Car c. 1925 1996.12.2526 The Hudson Motor Car Company in Detroit, Michigan, hoped that naming their economy model car the "Essex" would provide "snob appeal."
	Mt. Sugarloaf and Trolley c. 1903 1997.08.01.0024 This post card view of Mount Sugarloaf shows the newly-built electric railway car (trolley) heading south near the junction of the roads to South Deerfield and Sunderland, Massachusetts.
	Hotel Lathrop, South Deerfield, Mass. 1913-1922 1997.08.01.0029 The photograph (post card) of Hotel Lathrop, located on the northwest corner of Main and Elm Streets in South Deerfield, Massachusetts, was taken c.1918.
	The Weldon 1909 1997.08.01.0038 This postcard, mailed in August 1909, shows a view from the west of the Weldon Hotel, the first all-concrete hotel in New England.
	Hairpin Turn, Mohawk Trail, Mass c. 1925 1997.08.01.0066 Scenic routes, like the Mohawk Trail in Massachusetts, fed the appetites of tourists for "untamed" landscapes and allowed them to indulge their growing love affair with the automobile.
	The Bridge, Lake Pleasant, Mass. 1906 1997.08.01.0070 Like many other Americans in this period, the Spiritualists who spent their summers at Lake Pleasant wished to immerse themselves in natural surroundings.
	Lake Pleasant 1997.08.01.0071 The Spiritualists who came to Lake Pleasant were but one group of Americans in the 19th century seeking to re-connect with nature through camping and other outdoor pursuits.
	Mt. Sugarloaf House c. 1910 1997.08.01.0077 The turn of the 20th century found middle-class Americans with more and more leisure time. It was the fashion to spend a portion of this outdoors, going on walks or enjoying scenic vistas.
	Niagara Falls pin cushion c. 1889 1998.09.02 A Tuscarora made this beaded pin cushion "From Niagara Falls" for a flourishing tourist trade.
	Union Telegraph Line 1831 1999.13.510 Stagecoaches were a primary form of public transportation in the 18th and 19th centuries.