by Lynne Rostochil It’s hard to believe that we’re at the end of another year, but here we are and that means it’s time to take a look back and recap our favorite Mod Blogs of 2018. Here we go! 1964: The Year of the Sonic Boom This post was certainly one of the most […]
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 […]
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, vintage postcards, and present-day photos by Lynne Rostochil. Other vintage photos credited within the text. Let’s pick up where we left off last week by taking a look at more of Oklahoma City’s lost signs. What a sad day it was when the iconic Carlyle Motel sign along old Route 66 came down earlier […]
by Lynne Rostochil There weren’t many bowling alleys in OKC before or during the war years, but once WWII was over, they began popping up all over the place — Jenks Bowling Palace (415 1/2 NW 3rd), Capitol Hill Bowling Palace, Brantley’s Bowling Alley (219 NW 6th). Then, with the dawn of the 1950’s, […]