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YOU CAN GO TO 



ATLANTIC CITY 



THRU THE EAST 



OR VIA FLORIDA 



dressed to Roy Johnson, Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association, 43 E. Ohio Street, 

 Chicago 11, 111. 



The southern tour will leave on the 

 Illinois Central Railroad Dec. 5. The 

 train will arrive at Atlantic City on 

 Dec. 13 and will leave after the con- 

 vention on Dec. 16, arriving in Chica- 

 go the next day. 



Features of this trip incude: A tour 

 of Wilson Dam, a part of the TVA 

 system; a bus trip through St. Augus- 

 tine, Fla., oldest city in the United 

 States; two days of sightseeing at 

 Miami; stops at St. Petersburg and 

 Sarasota, and sightseeing trips at 

 Charleston, S. C, and Washington, 

 D. C. 



The eastern train caravan will leave 

 Chicago Dec. 8 on the Pennsylvania 

 Railroad, crossing Indiana, Ohio, and 

 Pennsylvania, and arriving at Wash- 

 ington, D. C. the next day. Special 

 features will include: sightseeing trips 

 through various public buildings in 

 Washington; an overnight cruise on 

 the Potomac River to Norfolk, Va. ; 

 a motor trip to colonial Williamsburg, 

 Yorktown, and Langley Field; a tour 

 and luncheon at Beltsville, and tours of 

 Fort Meyer, Mt. Vernon, and other 

 historical sites. The train will arrive 

 at Atlantic City on Dec. 13 in time 

 for the convention. 



It will leave Atlantic City on Dec. 

 16 and will return to Chicago by way 

 of New York City where tours have 

 been arranged of Radio City, United 

 Nations Headquarters at Lake Success, 

 and a sightseeing trip of upper and 

 lower New York. 



Each railroad will have representa- 

 tives who will be in charge of the 

 special trains. Charles P. McEvilly 

 will represent the Illinois Central Rail- 

 road and will handle details of the 

 Southern trip. He is the district passen- 

 ger agent who did such a fine job 

 handling the special train which car- 

 ried the Illinois Farm Bureau folks 

 to the AFBF convention in San Fran- 

 cisco in 1946. W. E. Millspaugh city 

 passenger agent, will handle reserva- 

 tions for the Pennsylvania Railroad. 



JULY. 1948 A 



Roy P. Johnson RESERVATION REQUEST 



Illinois Agricultural Association 



43 E. Ohio Street, Chicago 11, III. " ^' 



Dear Sir: 



Here's my request for reservations on the lAA special train. Please make train 



reservations for the following number of persons: These train reservations 



are for the following route: (Check route desired) (a). Eastern trip on Pennsylvania 

 Railroad (b). Southern trip on Illinois Central Railroad 



I want my reservation for the following type of Pullman car: (Check type desired) 



(a). Intermediate Pullman car: (b). Standard Pullman car: 



(Standard Pullman cars are newer and more expensive but both types of cars provide 

 the same travel comforts). 



I wish the following type of berth: 



(a). Lower for one (f). Drawing room for two' 



(b). Upper for one (g). Drawing room for three 



(c). Lower for two (h). Drawing room for four 



(d). Compartment for two (i ). Coach seat 



(e). Compartment for three 



I also wish to reserve hotel reservations while at Atlantic City for the following 



number of persons: Following are the names and addresses of members of my 



party: 



Name: Address: _. 



Name: Address: — 



Name: Address: — 



(my name) 



(my address) 



Front 

 Cover 



THE old statehouse at Vandalia in Fayette 

 county is the l4th of our series of pic- 

 turesque and historic Illinois scenes. 

 Abraham Lincoln served part of his first 

 term in the Illinois legislature in this 

 building on its completion in 1836. When 

 built it cost $16,000. 



The original state capital was moved in 



1820 from Kaskaskia to Vandalia and in 1839 

 to Springfield. The cover picture shows the 

 third Gipitol building built in Vandalia. The 

 first was destroyed by fire and the second con- 

 sidered inadequate. 



On Feb. 25, 1837 the Assembly passed a 

 bill providing that the state capital be re- 

 moved from Vandalia to some place nearer 

 the center of the state. Three days later 

 Springfield was chosen, (jov. Thomas Carlin 

 ordered all state records moved to Springfield 

 by July 4, 1839. However, the state govern- 

 ment did not actually function in Springfield 

 until December, 1839. 



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