"Motor Transport Corps departure on Trans-Continental tour. This image shows the Lincoln Highway pilot car, which takes the lead in the Motor Transport Corps Trans-Continental tour across the continent. Mr. H. C. Osteman, Secretary of the Lincoln Highway, is seated at the wheel. Photograph taken on July 6, 1919, by SGT. Hitz."

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