Schillings Auto Camp Advertisement, 1917

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To save lodging costs, many Dixie Highway motorists spent the night sleeping on a cot in a waterproof canvas tent that attached to the side of their car.

Courtesy of Edwin L. Jackson

Schillings Auto Camp Advertisement, 1917

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