New Route 66 photography site August 26, 2006
Posted by Ron in Art, Photographs, Web sites.1 comment so far
In the last few weeks, Studiobrian of Chicago has set up a Route 66 blog to highlight the photographs he’s taken along the Mother Road, which he has Photoshopped nicely into art-quality images.
Studiobrian writes:
the artwork here was inspired from my travels along route 66…I assume that those who find their way to this site will also have a fondness for all things route 66…for those who have not traveled the old route it is hard to describe what it means and how it feels to do so…and for those who have, it’s more than just stepping back in time…in some ways I think it is about discovering who we are as a society; where we came from, how we got here and even a bit of what it means to be an american…so many of the things we take for granted have their roots here…we are a society built around a relationship with the car…if the pioneers were the infancy, then our parents came of age on route 66 and the rest is history…our collective history…they say you can’t go home again, but no one said you couldn’t visit…and I’m always ready for another visit…
Sayre’s railroad gem August 26, 2006
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Quite a few Route 66ers are unaware of the RS&K Railroad Museum on North Sixth Street in the Route 66 town of Sayre, Okla.
That’s because it’s been there only 16 years, is located in a private residence, keeps somewhat irregular hours, and there aren’t many references to it on the Internet. The museum gets about 500 visitors a year.
Fortunately, Ray Killian’s collection of model trains and real railroad memorabilia recently received some publicity from KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City.
You’d better go to the Smithsonian soon August 26, 2006
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That’s because its National Museum of American History, which includes Route 66 in its “America on the Move” exhibit, will close Sept. 4 for two years for major renovations, according to WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C.
The “America on the Move” has an actual full-width section of Route 66 from western Oklahoma built in 1932. The section was removed when the state highway department was renovating what is called Spur 281.
An online version of “America on the Move” can be viewed here. The site has a search engine, in which you can view artifacts.
