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NV, Reno-Washoe County-Reno Horse Racing Broadside

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
NV, Reno-Washoe County-Reno Horse Racing Broadside
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday April 11, 10am-6pm
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April 12-13, 2012
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Atlantis Casino & Resort
Grand Ballroom #4
3800 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502

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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
Sunday April 14th, 10am-1pm

This is a very unique broadside advertising the July 1, 1926 horse races at the Nevada Transcontinental Highways Exposition, to celebrate the completion of the Lincoln Highway.

Conceived in 1912 and formally dedicated October 31, 1913, the Lincoln Highway was America`s first national memorial to President Abraham Lincoln, predating the 1922 dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. by nine years. As the first automobile road across America, the Lincoln Highway brought great prosperity to the hundreds of cities, towns and villages along the way. The Lincoln Highway became affectionately known as The Main Street across America. The highway names were changed to numeric in 1926. In the west the Lincoln Highway was numbered highway 40 and 50.

Besides horse and auto racing, the celebration also included the dedication of Reno’s signature arch. This framed broadside measures about 22"x 28". There is some staining and a few tears, but generally, it’s a nice piece of Americana and should be remounted and framed.

HKA#63293