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
=Exhibition Car.= Subject: conservation of the forests. Canadian
Forestry Association. 1918 and 1919. Train toured parts of Quebec and
New Brunswick. Exhibits of products made from wood.
=Southern States. School on Wheels.= Southern Pacific Railway. 1919.
Baggage car fitted up as modern school room; accommodates teacher and
25 pupils.
=United States. Safety First Train.= Subject: to show what is being
done to promote safety and health. Department of the Interior
co-operating with other governmental departments. 1916. Locomotive and
twelve exhibit and lecture cars.
=Mine Rescue Car.= Subject: instruction to miners in first aid and
use of oxygen breathing apparatus. Assistance of car apparatus and
crew given in case of mine disasters. Bureau of Mines, Department of
the Interior, 1910; continuous service since then. Present equipment:
eleven specially constructed coaches with exhibits and emergency
equipment.
=Recruiting Cars.= Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department. 1917 and
1919. Three flat cars fitted up respectively with a model of a
battleship, destroyer, and torpedo boat. Exhibits and lectures to
assist in recruiting and also used for promoting Liberty Loan drives.
=War Relic Trains.= Subject: promotion of Liberty Loan drives, etc.
Federal Reserve Districts of Treasury Department. 1918 and 1919. Flat
cars for exhibition of trophies captured from the enemy; baggage car,
sleeping car, and a locomotive. Toured the United States.
=New York. Safety First Car.= Subject: instruction in safety measures.
New York Central lines. 1919. Two duplicate cars for motion pictures
and lectures.
=Virginia. Safety First Car.= Subject: instruction in safety measures.
Norfolk and Western Railroad. 1920. Motion picture and lecture car.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CONSERVATION TRUCKS
=Canada. Sheep Demonstration Automobile.= Sheep and Goat Division,
Live Stock Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. 1919.
Demonstrations of shearing by hand and power machines, rolling and
preparing of wool for market, dipping of sheep for vermin, and docking
and castrating of lambs.
=Alabama. Movable School.= Subject: agriculture and home economics.
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. 1919. Instruction and
demonstrations.
=Louisiana. Agricultural Extension Truck.= Subject: education and
agriculture. Louisiana State Agricultural and Mechanical College.
1919. Motion picture and stereopticon lectures.
=Massachusetts. Food Conservation and Model Kitchen Truck.= Subject:
canning, food conservation, and substitutes; care and feeding of
children in wartime. Woman’s Committee, Massachusetts Council of
Defense. 1918. Demonstrations and instruction.
=Agricultural Truck.= Massachusetts Agricultural College.
Demonstrations, exhibits, and stereopticon slide lectures.
=Food Conservation and Preservation Truck.= Bristol County Farm
Bureau. In charge of county demonstration agent at Segreganset.
Exhibits.
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