Tag: bob-bowlby

A Modest Man and an MCM Icon: Bob Bowlby and Founders National Bank

by Lynne Rostochil  Photo of Bob Bowlby by Judi Russell (courtesy Friends of Kebyar) At the end of the 1950s, Northwest Expressway was a dusty, rural roadway with few buildings other than Baptist Hospital and the Northwest Hi-Way Drive-In calling it home.  As the city continued to expand northward and the ‘50s became the ‘60s, […]

Mid-Century Mystery Buildings

by Lynne Rostochil In my quest to find great vintage photos, I often stumble across images of buildings and houses that, try as I might, I just can’t identify, so I thought that maybe you very knowledgeable Squadders might be able to solve a few mid-century mysteries that have been teasing me for awhile. First up […]