BlueRidgeMike
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From the album: Route 66
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Cottage-Style Phillips 66 Station - McLean, TX
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From the album: Route 66
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Tower Conoco / U-Drop Inn Cafe - Shamrock, TX
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From the album: Route 66
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From the album: Route 66
Lucille Hammons ran this station with her husband, beginning in 1941. After his death in 1971 she continued running the station for many years until her own death at age 85 in 2000. -
From the album: Route 66
The legend is that the owners of the station bought a set of $10 counterfeiting plates from a traveling salesman in the early 1930s during the Great Depression. Eventually the counterfeit $10 bills were traced back to the owners, who were arrested. The station closed and never reopened. -
From the album: Route 66
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From the album: Route 66
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From the album: Route 66
Here is a picture of the Rock Cafe as it looked in the summer of 2011. -
From the album: Route 66
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From the album: Route 66
Stop in and say hello to Laurel Kane and visit the Packard museum. -
From the album: Route 66
That tow truck in the background was the basis of Tow Mater in the movie Cars. There weren't allowed to use the name so it was dubbed "Tow Tater" instead. -
From the album: Route 66
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From the album: Route 66
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From the album: Route 66
Stop in and say hello to Gary Turner, and share a Route 66 Root Beer with him! -
From the album: Route 66
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From the album: Route 66
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From the album: Route 66
This photo was taken in June 2007, about a year before fire destroyed the cafe. It has since been rebuilt and thanks to the rock wall exterior, looks much the same. -
From the album: Route 66
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From the album: Route 66
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From the album: Route 66
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From the album: Route 66
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From the album: Route 66
Bob Waldmire was a well-known artist who traveled up and down Route 66 in this 1972 VW Microbus. It now resides in a museum in Pontiac, IL. -
Restored Standard Oil Gas Station - Odell, IL
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From the album: Route 66
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Meramec Caverns Barn Advertisement - near Cayuga, IL
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From the album: Route 66
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Ambler's Texaco / Becker marathon - Dwight, IL
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From the album: Route 66