by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos from the Oklahoma History Center and the Vanished Splendor books. Menu and newer images from Lynne’s collection. At the same sale where I found the KWTV programming schedule I shared with you a couple of weeks ago, I found a cute kids’ menu from the famed and long-gone Glen’s Hik’ry […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos courtesy of the Oklahoma History Center. New photo by Lynne Rostochil. Named after the football formation made famous at nearby OU, the Split-T was an OKC institution for over 50 years and served the BEST onion rings and charbroiled hamburgers (make mine a chili cheese burger — with real, grated […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos, unless otherwise stated, courtesy of the Oklahoma History Center. “Now” images from Googlemaps, the OK County Tax Assessor, and Lynne Rostochil. If you’ve missed previous installments, click a link to read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. In the last installment of our trek down 23rd from Lake Overholser […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos, unless otherwise stated, courtesy of the Oklahoma History Center. “Now” images from Googlemaps, the OK County Tax Assessor, and Lynne Rostochil. If you’ve missed previous installments of this series, click a link to read Part 1 and Part 2. Today, we pick up our tour of NW 23rd at one […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Photos by John Margolies courtesy of the Library of Congress. Other photos by Lynne Rostochil unless otherwise stated. I can’t wait to show you the rest of the Oklahoma photos by prolific roadside architecture and sign photographer, John Margolies that I found on the Library of Congress website. So, let’s get started! […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Photos by Lynne Rostochil unless otherwise stated. Last week, OKCTalk.com released a story about Braum’s plan to demolish the iconic Donnay Building, which is home to Charlie’s Records, the Drunken Fry, and the Hi Lo Club, along with the building in which the iconic Classen Grill is housed. Right away, the Mod […]