Ohio Corn Tour coupon ticket book - From Mansfield to Washington, D.C. and New York City
Chicago: Stromberg Allen & Company [Management of the Ohio Corn Tour], 1917. Very Good. Item #47136
Chicago: Stromberg Allen & Company [Management of the Ohio Corn Tour], 1917. Stab-stitched coupon book (6 x 15cm), Number 265. Paper wraps with 34 perforated tickets for trains, meals, hotels, and sights in Washington, DC and New York City. Paper toned with rubbing to edges. Back top corner creased. Contemporary ownership signature of Clarence Isaac. Nineteen of the tickets have been redeemed and only the stubs remain. The name John Dunbar Maretta additionally written in pencil on the back cover. An envelope with a meal ticket for The National hotel in Washington, DC, is attached to the interior of the back cover. Overall, in in Good condition. Scarce, only one similar item found in OCLC.
The Ohio Corn Tour was a prize trip, organized by the Agricultural Commission of Ohio, for more than 1,000 boys and girls who competed to grow the highest yield of corn per acre. The 1917 trip was the sixth annual excursion, the highlight of which was shaking President Wilson's hand at the White House.
References:
Winship, A. K., “Ohio Prize Corn Raisers,” The Journal of Education 81, no. 2 (1915): 47
"President Wilson Will Greet Ohio's Corn Boy Special," The Lantern [Ohio State University newspaper], October 5, 1917.
Price: $75.00