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The following are excerpts from a cross-country diary kept by Maynard Parker in 1923 and 1924. As a young man, Parker traveled by foot, hitched rides in trucks and cars, and “rode the rails” from the East Coast to California, recording his experiences along the way.
 | Sept. 17, 1923 - Worcester, Mass., to Meriden, Conn.
“Lawrence Child and I started to hike to California today…”
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|  | Sept. 18, 1923 - Stamford, Conn.
“…going between Stamford and Greenwich, we saw a motion picture outfit at work…”
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|  | Sept. 23, 1923 - Winchester, Va., to Newmarket, Va.
Leaving Washington DC; Visiting the Shenandoah Caverns
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|  | Oct. 2–3, 1923 - Dublin, In., to St. Louis, Mo.
“I drove a Dodge through a detour for a lady today.”
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|  | Oct. 4, 1923 - Old Monroe, Mo.
Air show at the Flying Field
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| Oct. 7–10, 1923 - Kansas City, Mo., to Junction City, Kan.
Two girls hiking from New York
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|  | Oct. 16–18, 1923 - Great Bend, Kan., to Raton, N.M.
Wet roads and freight cars |
|  | Oct. 20–25, 1923 - Las Vegas, Nev., to Albuquerque, N.M. A bad bull; Sightseeing in Santa Fe; Jeff Davis—“King of the Hobos” |
|  | Oct. 25–Nov. 1, 1923 - Isleta, N.M. to Los Angeles
A Chevrolet to Pomona and a Ford coupe to Los Angeles; Total mileage: 3,888 |
|  | Dec. 2, 1923–Jan. 1, 1924 - Los Angeles
An opening night at Grauman’s Million Dollar Theater; the San Gabriel Mission; Pasadena Tournament of Roses |
|  | Oct. 9-21, 1924 - New York City
A second cross-country trip, this time by sea as “deck-boy” on the S.S. Bethelridge |
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