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Browse my photography of the Lincoln Highway mural at 424 Locust St, Sterling, IL 61081, painted by artist Jay Allen and funded by the Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition. The mural highlights early radio programming for Lincoln Highway travelers, preserving the legacy of America's first transcontinental highway through my original photography.

"THE WELL PUBLICIZED, EARLY DAYS OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY LINGERED IN THE MINDS OF AMERICANS THROUGHOUT THE 1930'S AND 40'S. FROM 1940 TO 1942, NBC RADIO RAN A NATIONAL PROGRAM TITLED 'LINCOLN HIGHWAY' - USING THE FAMED ROADWAY AS A BACKDROP FOR EXCITING STORIES OF LIFE ALONG THE COAST-TO-COAST ROUTE. THE POPULAR DRAMA FEATURED HOLLYWOOD STARS INCLUDING: FRANCIS FARMER, BURGESS MERIDITH, LUCILLE BALL, VINCENT PRICE, RITA HEYWORTH AND MOST SCREEN CELEBRITIES OF THE ERA. SHINOLA SHOE POLISH SPONSORED THE SHOW ADVERTISING. " A DRAMATIC NEW STORY EVERY SATURDAY MORNING," AND, "IT WILL GRIP EVERY LISTENER...GLUE THEM TO THEIR RADIOS, WEEK AFTER WEEK."

424 Locust St, Sterling, IL

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