"Driving is more enjoyable...on modern ASPHALT highways"...(The Asphalt Institute ad from Life magazine 1956) - History Education Network

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“Driving is more enjoyable…on modern ASPHALT highways”…(The Asphalt Institute ad from Life magazine 1956)

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