A total of 845 California & Nevada Old Highway 40 [now I-80] postcards (ALL Postally Used), plus 165 associated matchcovers, 3 cachet covers, 4 maps, 1 photo and 1 business card ; 1,019 items overall. There are many eye level & aerial views, hotels, motels, inns, restaurants and other points of interest along the historic transcontinental Lincoln Highway. Items in this collection include towns & sights either directly along the highway or within its corridor as it makes its way west across Nevada & California, beginning at Wendover, Nevada and ending at the flagpole at the Palace of the Legion of Honor at Lincoln Park in San Francisco. Many of the larger cities & towns along the way are mostly excluded from this grouping such as Elko, Winnemucca, Lovelock, Sparks, Reno, Auburn, Sacramento, Berkeley and most of San Francisco, as they are listed & available separately. Not all postcards are shown and there often exist multiples of the same image. However, as all are postally used, they are individually unique. As is my custom, 38 items in this collection contain a real gold nugget from the American River at Coloma, California. All items are arranged and contained within six 3 -ring binders and are protected in clear archival sleeves. Because every postcard has been postally used, this unique collection provides an excellent historical archive of the individual visitor experiences & observations spanning the twentieth century.