Don’t forget the ‘Wall Drug Store’ signs.
-----Original Message----- >From: John <[email protected]> >Sent: Apr 3, 2021 1:50 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: OT: Backroad Buildings photo book > >Burma-Shave signs were fun. And "See Rock City" painted on barn roofs. > >Stuckey's and "South of the Border" signs existed BEFORE I-95. > >I was lucky my family made a couple of road trips out to California (from NC) >while I was still at home and I got to see Route 66 in 1960 before I-40 >replaced >most of it. > >We went again in 1964 and by then most of the trip was on Interstates. But >they >hadn't completely replaced the old highways. > >The 1964 trip was when the Ranger at The Petrified Forest directed my dad to >pull off "where they were building the new highway" (I-40) "and we could pick >up >all the petrified wood we wanted" because it was outside of the National Park. > >In 1960 we saw the Grand Canyon (even if we only did get to spend an hour >before >we had to get back on the road) & the Meteor Crater. > >In 1964 we saw the Giant Redwoods & Yosemite, taking California Hwy 120 east >eventually ending up on US 95 in Nevada ... I won 20¢ from a dime slot machine >in the lobby of a Howard Johnson's Restaurant in Las Vegas before the waitress >saw me and FREAKED OUT ... we drove across the Hoover Dam and visited Mesa >Verde. > > >On 4/2/2021 22:07:21, ann sanfedele wrote: >> As a child there was much auto travelling on these two lane roads most often >> in >> the midwest and southeast.. >> I remember fondly Burma-Shave signs... I'm guessing some of you guys here >> remember them as well. >> ann >> On 4/2/2021 9:12 PM, John wrote: >>> I believe the mystery shed was from a local "chain" of roadside peanut >>> stands. >>> I've seen several of them at one time or another traveling through the >>> Carolinas. >>> >>> I think they date from the 50s before the advent of the Interstate Highway, >>> when the old two-lane highways went through local communities. >>> >>> On 3/31/2021 16:50:34, ann sanfedele wrote: >>>> The gas stations do it for me.. and yes, that last photo of the truck >>>> stop >>>> especially...and that crazy mystery shed! >>>> guess I should start hauling out some of mine in this genre... which I >>>> actually had started to search for thinking of next years calendar. >>>> a phonebook, eh? is this a "thing" now? books meant to be viewed on >>>> smartphones? >>>> >>>> ann >>>> >>>> On 3/31/2021 3:50 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: >>>>> I love that last building, the deco one. Some others with very nice >>>>> architecture too. >>>>> >>>>>> On 31 Mar 2021, at 20:21, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> As seen in the Guardian today, a new phonebook just out: Backroad >>>>>> Buildings. Based on the samples in the article (linked below) these are >>>>>> the >>>>>> sort of scenes that really resonate with me, and many of my own favorite >>>>>> shots are in this genre. >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/mar/31/americas-backroads-buildings-in-pictures?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Stan >>>>>> -- >>> >>> >>> >> > > >-- >Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >Religion - Answers we must never question. >-- >%(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
