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Excerpt from Story Pictures of Transportation and Communication Acknowledgment IS made to the followmg for photographs appearing ln thls book Acme Newsplctures, Inc, page 151, J C Allen and Son, pages 190 and 192, Amerlcan Alrlmes, Inc, page 5, Amerlcan Telephone and Telegraph Company, pages 209 and 211, Art Instltute of Chlcago, page 173, The Assomated Press, page 216, The Atchlson, Topeka, and Santa Fe Rallway System, pages 27 and 83, The Baltlmore and Ot Rallroad Company, pages 47 and 52, Boy Scouts of Amerlca, page 200, Chlcago and North Western Rallway Company and Umon Paelfic Rall road Company, page 50, Chlcago Motor Coach Company, page 76, Chlcago Surface Lmes, pages 61 and 62, Columbla Broadcastlng System, Inc, page 213, Cunard Whlte Star llted, pages 110 and 114, Fleld Museum of Natural Hlstory, pages 153 and 170, Ewmg Galloway, pages 29, 44, 68, 81, 93, 107, 116, 125, and 149, Grace Lme, page 123, Harley Dav1dson Motorcycle Company, page 75, Harms and Ewmg, page 42, Ferdmand S Hush and Assomates, pages 13, 41, 59, 66, 73, 102, 104, 129, 140, and 188, Hudson Hlstorlcal Bureau, pages 24 and 132, Kauf mann and Fabry Company, pages 33, 158, 178, and 183, Keystone vlew Company, pages 35, 36, 89, and 97, Natlonal Broadcastlng Company, page 214, Oxford Paper Company, page 177, Pathe News, Inc, page 219, The Phlladelphla Commerc1al Museum, page 121, The Pullman Company, page 53, rca Manufacturmg Company, Inc, page 217, Reo Motor Car Company, page 78, James Sawders, pages 37 and 94, Trans contmental and Western Alr, Inc, pages 147 and 195, Underwood and Underwood, pages 31 and 206, Umted States Navy Department, pages 117, 137, and 138, The Western Umon Telegraph Company, pages 185, 204, and 205, Fred G eght, page 223 The photographs on pages 3, 17, 19, 21, 86, and 91 were made by the author Carl Hausman made the Illustratlons appearmg on pages 6, 7, 10, 11, 159, 164, and 202. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.