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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by overall Perhaps we could direct some feedback to the smithsonian itself? Does anybody know of a website or e-mail address for them? George [/quote] Generally,each exhibit will have a "primarily responsible" curator, as a form of "exhibit manager" that You might try, If I'm not mistaken, they have an "800" number info line that goes on and on, and on with options....(good luck) but, the point I was trying to make is that I suspect it is not so much an oversight (the 1926 cutt-off date) as it is a subtle statement in itself. If you are at all familiar with the mess the national roadway system was prior to the implementation of the US Route numbering system, then you see why Railroads were the easiest means of transportation, they had a distinct advantage, travel (or shipping) could be planned in terms of destinations, not how you got there. Prior to the Route numbering systems you had things like "The Lincoln Highway" that often was not well marked, nor consistently named State to State. Or you had monstrousities such as two "Dixie Highway"- s, that each started in separate locations (Mackinac mich, and Chicago if I recall properly), and ended in two separate parts of Florida entirely, while criss crossing each other and each sharing some common roadway along the way. ...(Imagine, being your first time on the road, and being forced to decide which way to go where the dixie highway crosses the dixie highway, and your instructions say "Follow the dixie highway through Tennessee till you see the Motel with the big Willow tree")... It is for this reason that I suggest the 1926 cut off date might be more intentional than Mr Phillips realizes....
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