Traveling publicity campaigns : $b educational tours of railroad trains and motor vehiclesRoutzahn, Mary Swain
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Traveling publicity campaigns : $b educational tours of railroad trains and motor vehicles
Routzahn, Mary Swain
Educational exhibits, Traveling
=Pennsylvania. Food Conservation Train.= Pennsylvania Food
Administration, State College of Agriculture, and Pennsylvania
Railroad. 1917 and 1918. Two demonstration cars and one exhibit car.
=Save the Surplus Special.= Toured this state and New Jersey. 1916 and
1917. See New Jersey.
=Tennessee. Agricultural Train.= Subject: better farming and food
production. Agricultural Department of Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis Railroad. One private car and one lecture car. Exhibits and
demonstrations.
=Dixie Jersey Special.= See Illinois.
=Texas. Agricultural Train.= Subject: dairying. Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas. Three coaches for lectures, two exhibit
cars, automobile car for cattle, flat car with wire fence and canvas
top for lecture and demonstration platform, a diner and a Pullman for
campaigners. Lectures, exhibits, and demonstrations. Stereopticon
slides shown at night in combination with lectures in motion picture
theater or town hall.
=Peach Culture Train.= Subject: proper methods of pruning and spraying
trees, and extermination of insect pests in orchards. Agricultural
Department of St. Louis Southwestern Railroad of Texas, assisted by
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and State Department of
Agriculture. 1919 and 1920. Two cars for exhibits and one for orchard
machinery. Exhibits, demonstrations, and lectures. Similar to train
run in Arkansas in 1918. See Arkansas.
=Utah. Agricultural and Food Production Train.= Co-operatively run
with State Colleges of California, Utah, and Nevada, and the Salt Lake
Railroad. 1916 and 1917. See California.
=Virginia. Agricultural Train.= Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Virginia, and Norfolk and Western Railroad. 1915. Demonstration train.
=Better Farming Special.= See North Carolina.
=Washington. Agricultural Train.= State College of Agriculture.
Lectures with stereopticon slides, sometimes in nearby school or hall;
exhibits and demonstrations on train.
=Good Roads Special.= Subject: road and culvert construction and
maintenance and general highway improvements. Office of Public Roads
of Washington and several railroad companies co-operated. 1912. Two
coaches of exhibits and models. Lectures, demonstrations, and
exhibits.
=West Virginia. Agricultural Train.= Subject: better farming. Kanawha
and Michigan, Baltimore and Ohio Railroads, and State College of
Agriculture. 1912 and 1913. Baggage cars for cattle and coaches for
lectures. Lectures, demonstrations, and exhibits.
=Wisconsin. Pure Seed and Home Power Special.= “Soo” Line, Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, Wisconsin Bankers Association, and
State College of Agriculture. 1917. Two cars for demonstrations and
exhibits.
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