Portrait Of Route 66

Author : T. Lindsay Baker
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780806156163

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Portrait of Route 66 by T. Lindsay Baker Pdf

By the time Route 66 received its official numerical designation in 1926, picture postcards had become popular travel souvenirs. At the time, these postcards with colorful images served as advertisements for roadside businesses. While cherished by collectors, these postcard depictions do not always reflect reality. They often present instead a view enhanced for promotional purposes. Portrait of Route 66 lets us see for the first time the actual photographs from which the postcards were made, and in describing how the production process worked, introduces us to an extraordinary archival collection, adding new history to this iconic road. The Curt Teich Postcard Archives, held at the Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda, Illinois, contains one of the nation’s largest collections of Route 66 images, including thousands of job files for postcards produced by Curt Teich and Company of Chicago. T. Lindsay Baker combed these files to choose the best examples of postcards and their accompanying photographs not only to reflect well-known sites along the route but also to demonstrate the relationships between photographs and their resulting postcards. The photographs show the reality of the locations that customers sometimes wanted "improved" for aesthetic purposes in creating the postcards. Such alterations included removing utility poles or automobile traffic and rendering overcast skies partly cloudy. This book will interest historians of art and design as well as the worldwide audiences of Route 66 aficionados and postcard collectors. For its mining of an invaluable and little-known photographic archive and depiction of high-quality photographs that have not been seen before, Portrait of Route 66 will be irresistible to all who are interested in American history and culture.

Author : T. Lindsay Baker
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780806156156

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Portrait of Route 66 by T. Lindsay Baker Pdf

By the time Route 66 received its official numerical designation in 1926, picture postcards had become popular travel souvenirs. At the time, these postcards with colorful images served as advertisements for roadside businesses. While cherished by collectors, these postcard depictions do not always reflect reality. They often present instead a view enhanced for promotional purposes. Portrait of Route 66 lets us see for the first time the actual photographs from which the postcards were made, and in describing how the production process worked, introduces us to an extraordinary archival collection, adding new history to this iconic road. The Curt Teich Postcard Archives, held at the Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda, Illinois, contains one of the nation’s largest collections of Route 66 images, including thousands of job files for postcards produced by Curt Teich and Company of Chicago. T. Lindsay Baker combed these files to choose the best examples of postcards and their accompanying photographs not only to reflect well-known sites along the route but also to demonstrate the relationships between photographs and their resulting postcards. The photographs show the reality of the locations that customers sometimes wanted "improved" for aesthetic purposes in creating the postcards. Such alterations included removing utility poles or automobile traffic and rendering overcast skies partly cloudy. This book will interest historians of art and design as well as the worldwide audiences of Route 66 aficionados and postcard collectors. For its mining of an invaluable and little-known photographic archive and depiction of high-quality photographs that have not been seen before, Portrait of Route 66 will be irresistible to all who are interested in American history and culture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Historic sites
ISBN : 0890134596

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American Route 66 by Anonim Pdf

Featuring powerful portraits and beautiful colour images with poignant and often humorous interviews, this is a contemporary portrait of America's first highway. It documents how the heritage of Route 66 is reflected in the current conditions and rhythms of life and portrays a fresh spin on local folklore and Americana.

Author : Peter B. Dedek
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780826341945

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Hip to the Trip by Peter B. Dedek Pdf

Dedek paints a complex portrait of America's most famous highway.

Author : T. Lindsay Baker
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 761 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806191614

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Eating Up Route 66 by T. Lindsay Baker Pdf

From its designation in 1926 to the rise of the interstates nearly sixty years later, Route 66 was, in John Steinbeck’s words, America’s Mother Road, carrying countless travelers the 2,400 miles between Chicago and Los Angeles. Whoever they were—adventurous motorists or Dustbowl migrants, troops on military transports or passengers on buses, vacationing families or a new breed of tourists—these travelers had to eat. The story of where they stopped and what they found, and of how these roadside offerings changed over time, reveals twentieth-century America on the move, transforming the nation’s cuisine, culture, and landscape along the way. Author T. Lindsay Baker, a glutton for authenticity, drove the historic route—or at least the 85 percent that remains intact—in a four-cylinder 1930 Ford station wagon. Sparing us the dust and bumps, he takes us for a spin along Route 66, stopping to sample the fare at diners, supper clubs, and roadside stands and to describe how such venues came and went—even offering kitchen-tested recipes from historic eateries en route. Start-ups that became such American fast-food icons as McDonald’s, Dairy Queen, Steak ’n Shake, and Taco Bell feature alongside mom-and-pop diners with flocks of chickens out back and sit-down restaurants with heirloom menus. Food-and-drink establishments from speakeasies to drive-ins share the right-of-way with other attractions, accommodations, and challenges, from the Whoopee Auto Coaster in Lyons, Illinois, to the piles of “chat” (mining waste) in the Tri-State District of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, to the perils of driving old automobiles over the Jericho Gap in the Texas Panhandle or Sitgreaves Pass in western Arizona. Describing options for the wealthy and the not-so-well-heeled, from hotel dining rooms to ice cream stands, Baker also notes the particular travails African Americans faced at every turn, traveling Route 66 across the decades of segregation, legal and illegal. So grab your hat and your wallet (you’ll probably need cash) and come along for an enlightening trip down America’s memory lane—a westward tour through the nation’s heartland and history, with all the trimmings, via Route 66.

Author : Michael Karl Witzel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Travel
ISBN : 076030114X

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Route 66 Remembered by Michael Karl Witzel Pdf

Interstates have largely replaced the old Route 66, "the Mother Road" that was the main connector between Chicago and Los Angeles for so many years. In this richly illustrated portrait of the old route, Witzel showcases an amazing variety of diners, motels, roadside attractions, and pictureesque scenery, plus historical photos, contemporary shots of now defunct locations, and period ads. 200 photos, 125 in color.

Author : Jim Hinckley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9791028305161

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Route 66 by Jim Hinckley Pdf

Author : Michael Karl Witzel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Automobile travel
ISBN : 1610605004

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Route 66 Remembered by Michael Karl Witzel Pdf

Now available in paperback!!This incredible collection of historical photographs captures the reverence of all the attractions and towns of the Mother Road, Route 66. Noted author Michael Witzel spent years traveling Route 66 collecting mementos of life and folklore that make up the most famous road in America. His unmatched photography takes readers back to the attractions and towns as they were and offers a captivating view of them today. Here it is, the American highway past and present in Motorbooks' beautiful 10 x 10 format, the classic photographic essay of an American legend.

Author : Causey Enterprises, LLC
Publisher : Causey Enterprises, LLC
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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WALNECK'S CLASSIC CYCLE TRADER, JUNE 2005 by Causey Enterprises, LLC Pdf

Author : Shannon Richardson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-31
Category : Photography, Artistic
ISBN : 0615465560

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Route 66 American Icon by Shannon Richardson Pdf

Route 66 is the quintessential american road trip. The highway's iconic architecture, motels, diners and quirky attractions are captured in this book of black & white photographs.Taken over the past several years they document Route 66 as it was and as it is today.

Author : Quinta Scott,Susan Croce Kelly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0806121335

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Route 66 by Quinta Scott,Susan Croce Kelly Pdf

Uses oral history and photography as the basis for a human study of the country's most famous road.

Author : Marian Pavel
Publisher : Touch Media s.r.o.
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-20
Category : Travel
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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On Route 66 for the First Time by Marian Pavel Pdf

This detailed guide will perfectly prepare you for the trip of a lifetime along Route 66. You'll learn what to pack, how to negotiate the price for a motorcycle or car rental, how to book accommodation, as well as what travel on Route 66 looks like. Thanks to this book you'll get a full overview of what's ahead of you, including a detailed financial breakdown of costs. The book contains not only advice, but also tips and tricks that'll save you money. From the author who has traveled along Route 66 for more than 18,000 kilometers and still has plenty of reasons to come back to it.

Author : Michael Wallis
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780312082857

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Route 66 by Michael Wallis Pdf

Tells the story of the legendary road, Route 66, begun in the early 1920s that covered 2400 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles.

Author : Dennis R. Hall,Susan Grove Hall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 937 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313027673

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American Icons [3 volumes] by Dennis R. Hall,Susan Grove Hall Pdf

What do Madonna, Ray Charles, Mount Rushmore, suburbia, the banjo, and the Ford Mustang have in common? Whether we adore, ignore, or deplore them, they all influence our culture, and color the way America is perceived by the world. In this A-to-Z collection of essays scholars explore more than one hundred people, places, and phenomena as they seek to discover what it means to be labeled icon. From the Alamo to Muhammad Ali, from John Wayne to the zipper, the American icons covered in this unique three-volume set include subjects from culture, law, art, food, religion, and science. By providing numerous ways for the reader to engage in the process of interpreting these images and artifacts, the work serves as a unique resource for students of American history and culture. Features 100 illustrations. What do Madonna, Ray Charles, Mount Rushmore, suburbia, the banjo, and the Ford Mustang have in common? Whether we adore, ignore, or deplore them, they all influence our culture, and color the way America is perceived by the world. This A-to-Z collection of essays explores more than one hundred people, places, and phenomena that have taken on iconic status in American culture. The scholars and writers whose thoughts are gathered in this unique three-volume set examine these icons through a diverse array of perspectives and fields of expertise. Ranging from the Alamo to Muhammad Ali, from John Wayne to the zipper, this selection of American icons represents essential elements of our culture, including law, art, food, religion, and science. Featuring more than 100 illustrations, this work will serve as a unique resource for students of American history and culture. The interdisciplinary scholars in this work examine what it means when something is labeled as an icon. What common features do the people, places, and things we deem to be iconic share? To begin with, an icon generates strong responses in people, it often stands for a group of values (John Wayne), it reflects forces of its time, it can be reshaped or extended by imitation, and it often breaks down barriers between various segments of American culture, such as those that exist between white and black America, or between high and low art. The essays contained in this set examine all these aspects of American icons from a variety of perspectives and through a lively range of rhetoric styles.

Author : Michael Karl Witzel, Gyvel Young-Witzel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1616731230

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Legendary Route 66 by Michael Karl Witzel, Gyvel Young-Witzel Pdf

It started in the heartland and originally ended in Los Angeles (not, contrary to myth, at the ocean). It carried truckers crossing the country, Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl, vacationers seeking the sun. It was Americas Main Street, the Mother Road, the Will Rogers Highway, and, at its dangerous curves, Bloody 66. Get your kicks on Route 66 with this wonderfully illustrated tribute to the best-loved highway in this car-loving nation. Michael Witzel shares his expertise and wealth of personal, archive, collector, and contributing photographer images in these pages, offering a nostalgic tour of the charms and oddities of this road through American cultural history. Starting in Chicago and running to Santa Monica, this book highlights the sights along the highway with historic and current photos in then-and-now pairings, and includes Route 66 postcards, road signs, trinkets, maps, brochures, and advertisements. Here we see Route 66 as it was in its heyday and as it is now, the neon glamour of yesterday versus the ghost towns of today. Witzel and his wife, Gyvel Young-Witzel, recount the highways history, its role in popular culture, and its demise, as well as the individual stories of famous sights. Several profiles of those with close ties to the Mother Road, including the woman who played Ruthie Joad in the The Grapes of Wrath film, are included.