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Historic Covered Wagon Symbolizes 1949 Bond Drive
The covered wagon, emblem of westward migration, was chosen to promote the 1949 Opportunity bond drive, running May 16 to June 30. The wagons, owned by Mayor Granran R. Parry of Cedar City, Utah, will tour the U.S. to highlight savings bonds as safer paths to opportunity. The piece traces Conestoga wagons from their origins in Pennsylvania to their role on the Santa Fe and Oregon trails and notes their decline with railroad expansion.
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Washington, D.C
Treasury Department
California
Vernon L. Clark
U. S. Savings Bonds Division
Army, Navy and
Air Forces
Motion Picture Industry Committee For Savings Bonds
Granran R. Parry
Cedar City
Utah
Pennsylvania
Alleghenies
Ohio
Conestoga
Susquehanna River
Lancaster County
Maryland
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Eeling
W. Va
Ofexico
Great Plains
Cook
West
Murphy
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Chicago
Kenosha
Wis
Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
John Studebaker
Gettysburg
Ashland
Dictionary of American History
Great West
America