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  • Collection: UIS History Harvest 2022 - The Great Road Trip

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The signs were purchased as souvenirs in Quepos, Costa Rica. The Transue family traveled to Quepos in 2021 for family vacation. Alex Transue thought the signs were funny.

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John Transue was teaching English in Czechoslovakia and wanted to apply for graduate school. Transue used this dictionary to attempt to ask shopkeepers for large envelopes in order to mail his graduate application. When he would ask clerks for…

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The glasses were purchased in a vintage store in Athens, Greece. The evil eye jewelry was purchased in Santorini, Greece. Both were purchased as souvenirs during the 2022 Transue family vacation to Greece.

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A decorative Slovakian climbing axe given to John Transue as a gift while in Bratislava, czechoslovakia.

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Bridget Arthur's family was visiting family in Chicago, Illinois. They visited her Great Aunt who was a secretary for Mayor Daley at the Heidelberg restaurant.

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Henry Ford recreated this village with buildings from his lifetime. Such as where Thomas Edison created the lightbulb. Bridget Arthur's father and a family friend on a family vacation are photographed here. Arthur said this was taken at an amusement…

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Bridget Arthur's father and his family on vacation near Lake Michigan. Her family still vacations in this spot to this day (as of 2022).

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The father of Bridget Arthur at Cedar Point, Ohio in 1937. This photo was taken while her father was on vacation near Lake Michigan.
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