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
=Missouri. St. Louis Motor Truck Expedition.= Subject: farm uses of
motor-driven vehicles. 1919. Sixteen motor companies co-operated, and
the tour covered sections of the north central states.
=New York. Rural Motor Truck Express.= Subject: uses of motor-driven
vehicles on farms and for express delivery. National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce co-operated with New York State Department of
Farms and Markets. 1919. Demonstration given at State Fair, Syracuse,
September, 1919.
MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS--TRUCKS
=England. Cine-Motor Touring Movies.= Subject: information relating
to war activities shown in rural districts. British Ministry of
Information. 1918.
=United States. Mine Rescue Auto Trucks.= Subject: instruction of
miners in first aid and use of oxygen breathing apparatus, and
to render assistance in case of mine disaster. Bureau of Mines,
Department of the Interior. 1913; continuous service since then. Six
such trucks used by Bureau in mining districts. See Mine Rescue Cars.
=Connecticut. Victory Conference.= Subject: women’s war work. Woman’s
Committee, State Council of Defense. 1918. Exhibits, demonstrations,
and lectures.
=Georgia. Motion Picture Trucks.= Subject: Red Cross activities.
Southern Division, American Red Cross. Georgia and Tennessee. 1918.
Lectures with motion pictures.
=Maryland. Motion Picture Truck.= Subject: Red Cross activities
overseas and in America. Potomac Division, American Red Cross,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia. 1919. Two lecture and exhibit
trucks.
=New York. Victory Trucks.= Subject: reconstruction and post-war
service. Reconstruction Commission of the State of New York,
co-operating with the Bureau of Commercial Economics. 1919. One motion
picture truck.
=Motor Trucks.= Subject: go-to-church propaganda. Erie Annual
Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church. Two hundred and twenty
automobiles toured the state and Pennsylvania in an effort to get
people to attend church more often.
=North Carolina. Motion Picture Truck.= Subject: community welfare.
1919; continuous. State Bureau of Community Service. Semi-monthly tour
of truck to rural districts for motion pictures and lecture programs
and community organization.
=Pennsylvania. Motor Trucks.= See New York.
=Tennessee. Motion Picture Trucks.= See Georgia.
=Virginia. Motion Picture Truck.= See Maryland.
=West Virginia. Motion Picture Truck.= See Maryland.
MISCELLANEOUS VEHICLES USED FOR TOURS
=Canada--Motorcycle. Animal Treatment Cars.= Subject: encouragement
of humane treatment of dumb animals. Toronto Humane Society. 1914.
Continuous service since then.
=California--House-boat. “The Josephine.”= Subject: exhibits of animal
parasites and working field laboratory. State Board of Health. 1919.
=Massachusetts--Trolley Car. Child Welfare and Food Conservation
Car.= Women’s Committee, Council of National Defense. 1918. Exhibits,
lectures, and demonstrations.
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