Route 66 Lost & Found: Ruins and Relics Revisited
by Russell A. Olsen
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This engaging look at the Mother Road takes 75 locations along its 2,297 mile route from Chicago to Santa Monica and shows them first during their halcyon heydays through black-and-white photographs and period postcards, then on the facing page as they appear today.Tags
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Russell Olsen began exploring Route 66 in 1995. On his first trip down America's Main Street, Olsen unexpectedly shot 27 rolls of film. Annual road trips followed, and Olsen set out on this project in 1998, shortly after he began collecting vintage postcards depicting classic Route 66 stops. Born and raised in South Chicago, Olsen today lives in show more North Hollywood, California show less
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- Original publication date
- 2004
- Important places
- U.S. Highway 66
- Dedication
- This book is dedicated to my mother and father, Russell and Catherine, and to all the dedicated people involved in the preservation of our nation's historic highways.
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- Preface: In late summer 1995, I drove to Chicago from Los Angeles to visit my brother and his family.
Introduction: America has always been a nation of people on the go.
At the turn of the century roads and highways in the state of Illinois were primitive at best and impossible to navigate at worst. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The popular California Route 66 Museum (www.califrt66museum.org is located on Route 66 in "Old Town" Victorville and is housed in the onetime Red Rooster Cafe building, where the Jazz Singer, starring Neil Diamond, was filmed.
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