by Lynne Rostochil. Do you ever wonder about the spaces mid century architects created for themselves? I do, too, and thought it would be fun to see where many of our favorites lived and worked over the years. Since we were so lucky to have a ton of very talented architects practicing throughout Oklahoma during […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Photos by John Margolies courtesy of the Library of Congress. Other photos by Lynne Rostochil unless otherwise stated. Photographer and author John Margolies spent much of his adult life, from 1969-2008, travelling around the country snapping photos of roadside architecture and signs that were, even then, rapidly beginning to disappear. Googie motels, […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil. On a recent girls’ trip to a secluded cabin in the eastern part of the state, I marked two great vintage signs off my must-see list — the deliciously Googie Isle of Capri, which has been a mainstay in Krebs since 1950: … and the stunning End of Trail Motel sign […]
Text and photos by Joshua McKinney There is not much information on the internet about architect Dean Bryant Vollendorf; there is a website called Friends of Vollendorf in his honor, but it is currently under construction. He once worked for John Randal McDonald (a Wisconsin legend with Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired designs), and he and his […]