
Route 66 begins on the edge of Lake Michigan at the foot of Jackson Avenue
I have conducted oral history interviews with the people who invented Route 66 and published the first book, Route 66: the Highway and its People, on the old highway in 1988.
I have documented the architecture along the roadside, conducted more interviews, and published a book on the architecture generated by the old road, Along Route 66: the Architecture of America’s Highway. The University of Oklahoma Press published both books.
Now, I am thinking about the landscape the road crosses between Chicago and L.A and how it was formed.
So in the next few weeks I will dig through my files and find images of the Route 66 landscape, some in color some in black and white and publish a little information about it.
Filed under: Fine Art Photography, Quinta Scott, Route 66 Photographs | Tagged: Chicago, L.A., Lake Michigan, Landscapes, Photography |
I traveled 66 once….just before I enlisted in the Marines.
My bestfriend and myself rode our motorcycles from end to end.
As I was riding I could not help but think what it must have been like in its hayday.
Thanks for the trip back down memory lane.
Raven
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