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- Cyrus Avery Route 66 Plaque, 1930
Cyrus Avery Route 66 Plaque, 1930
Object Details
- Description
- Cyrus Avery, a businessman in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is credited with creating the identity of Route 66. Avery saw the need for better roads through his state, and as chairman of the state highway commission, he helped to plan the national system of numbered highways. His proposal for a highway from Chicago to Los Angeles along a southwestern route was approved and designated U.S. 66 in 1926. Avery founded the U.S. 66 Highway Association and coined the route’s nickname, “Main Street of America.” This silver-plated plaque bears the inscription "U. S. 66 HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION / THE MAIN STREET OF AMERICA / PRESENTED TO CY. S. AVERY FOR HIS FAITHFUL SERVICES AS PRESIDENT 1929-1930"
- Credit Line
- Gift of C. Stevens Avery II and Joy Avery
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 2002.0221.01
- catalog number
- 2002.0221.01
- accession number
- 2002.0221
- Object Name
- plaque
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- silver (plaque material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19 in x 15 in x 1 1/2 in; 48.26 cm x 38.1 cm x 3.81 cm
- associated place
- United States: Oklahoma
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- America on the Move
- Transportation
- Road Transportation
- Exhibition
- America On The Move
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1276483
- Usage
- CC0
