Title	1940s-1950s: API students hitchhiking
Description	This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 181: The thumb was a mighty important appendage to hundreds of male students at API from the late 1930s through the 1940s and into the 1950s. Few students had cars, and on weekends, during holidays, and at the semester and quarter break, many went home, went to see girlfriends, or just went. They got there and back by hitchhiking [as] thumbing frequently was a more rapid means of transportation than train or bus. Thousands thumbed to Auburn football games in Birmingham, Atlanta, Montgomery, and Columbus, and few missed a kickoff. The hitchhikers in this picture were at the Main Gate, hoping to get a ride down U.S. 29 to Montgomery or points beyond. Photo source: Auburn University Archives.
Date	ca. 1940s-1950s
Place	Auburn – Lee County – Alabama
LC Subject Headings	Auburn (Ala.) Auburn University Auburn University -- Students College students -- Alabama Hitchhiking -- Alabama Military cadets -- Alabama
EOA Categories	Business & Industry -- Transportation Geography & Environment -- Human Environment -- Transportation Routes History -- 1929-1945: The Great Depression and World War II History -- 1946-1987: Post-World War II and the Era of Civil Rights
Original Medium	black and white photograph, 2013 x 1273 pixels
Type	Image
Format	JPEG
File Name	163B.tif
Citation	Logue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 3rd edition. 2013.
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
Rights	This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by	Coates, Midge