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Oklahoma’s Existing Route 66 Signs

by Lynne Rostochil.  Photos by Lynne Rostochil unless otherwise stated. Recently, I was hunting around the internet looking for a comprehensive list of all of Oklahoma’s Route 66 signs and was very surprised to find absolutely nothing.  Nada.  Zilch. What do you do in that case?  Well, you make a list, of course.  So that’s […]

Roadside Oklahoma Through the Eyes of John Margolies, Part 1

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, […]

Drive US 66!

by Lynne Rostochil Recently, I stumbled upon this very cool Route 66 guide at a local flea market.  As far as I can tell, it was produced sometime in the early to mid 1950s, and it was distributed by various motels, restaurants, and gift shops all long the route.  The guide was produced right here […]