Road warrior Tim Steil was in Washington, D.C., last week with his kid to see the Smithsonian’s “America on the Move” exhibit before that part of the museum closes Sept. 4 for a two-year renovation. He e-mailed me a few photos from it.

Here’s a 1930s section of Route 66 from western Oklahoma. Steil wrote:

“That OK 66 sign is projected from a light above. … I was standing there looking at the exhibit, trying to figure out where the slab of 66 was … and my son pointed down at the sign and said, ‘You’re standing on it, Dad.’ Pretty cool the way you just step onto it without realizing it.”

Here’s the old Hamons Court sign that was part of the motel of the Lucille’s complex near Hydro, Okla.

Here’s a Route 66 exhibit.

Johnny Mango of Albloggerque has attempted to re-create the old-fashioned postcard look of Route 66 in downtown Albuquerque. It’s available as desktop wallpaper here.

Five Austin Sevens, dating from 1929 to 1938, were taken off the oceanliner and made their way through the Big Apple’s streets a couple of days ago.

They group, sponsored by the British-based 750 Motor Club, is on its way to Chicago, where they will start their Route 66 trip.

A travel blog of the journey is here, which includes the group’s itinerary and other information.

UPDATE: The Daily Item of Sudbury, Pa., had a report about the Sevens passing through Lewisburg on Sunday

OpenThreads, who like me has an account on Flickr, attempted to re-create Ernst Hass’ famous photograph of Central Avenue, aka Route 66, that was published in Life magazine in 1969.

Here’s the original:

Here’s OpenThreads’ re-creation, in the year 2006:

Not bad, huh? Here’s OpenThreads’ full-size version of the image.

In case, you’re wondering, that dark Albuquerque sky and vivid colors on the ground in the images are from thunderstorms that had just passed through the Duke City, with sunshine breaking through the other side. This summer, there has been no shortage of rain or thunderstorms in Albuquerque.

(Hat tip to Duke City Fix.)

UPDATE: OpenThreads has elaborated on his re-creation attempts in the comments section of this post.