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Hi,

 

 

 

I'm doing research for a filmm and I thought you might help me.

 

Do you happen to know about smaller Louisiana route signs (for

 

"smaller" roads) circa 1954? Does it look like this:

 

 

 

http://home.earthlink.net/~marbach/akmfolder/louis.jpg

 

 

 

Also, if you have images of speed limit signs (1954) that would

 

be great.

 

 

 

Thank you very much!

 

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Mark Bachman

 

All the King's Men, Art Dept.

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Guest brownwho63

We've stayed in places long enough to cook our own food but have

 

never actually done so because it's.....well, sort of a pain to haul

 

the cookware, utensils, buy the food, prepare it, and then clean up

 

afterwards. Much, much easier to just "eat out." I, too, have to be

 

careful about an abundance of road food. Though often tempted by

 

burgers and fries, fried chicken, chicken fried steak, hot wings,

 

cheezy greasy Tex-Mex, pizza, medium rare beef, mashed potatoes and

 

gravy, and nearly everything else that actually tastes good (if it

 

tastes good, spit it out), you can still enjoy eating while on the

 

road. Subway, for example, offers great fare at reasonable prices

 

with very low fat content, especially their chicken and turkey

 

(without cheese but with lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, and oil). Skip

 

desserts. Salads are always available but be sure to avoid the high-

 

fat dressings. Have cereal and fruit with skim milk and juice for

 

breakfast rather than bacon and eggs. A nutrition/power bar is a good

 

alternative -- also a good snack. Always avoid buffets. Drink lots

 

of iced tea or water.

 

 

 

Am confident you're already aware of this but just wanted to throw it

 

in as food for thought....Bliss

 

 

 

 

 

--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "jenniferrt66"

 

<jabremer66@a...> wrote:

 

>

 

> Thanks for the tip...normally I wouldn't have thought to cook my

 

own

 

> food on the road, but for health reasons I've had to restrict my

 

diet

 

> and "road food" is either going to be a thing of the past for me,

 

or

 

> eaten VERY sparingly, if at all.

 

 

 

Otherwise until that time, I'm brainstorming about how to eat

 

 

 

> healthy foods on road trips, which is a necessity for me at this

 

> point!

 

>

 

> Jennifer

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I probably wouldn't cook on the road either (except someday if we do

 

get a camper, that would be different).

 

 

 

Thanks for those good suggestions, which I will keep in mind! Another

 

thing I plan on doing when we travel is to find health food stores in

 

the areas where we'll be. Some have freshly prepared meal items,

 

salads, etc. The dietary restrictions I'm on rule out red meat

 

(unless it's organic, but then in small amounts only), wheat, dairy,

 

and sugar. I also need to avoid (as much as possible) certain

 

chemicals in food (pesticides). So for the most part, foods need to

 

be organic! It is challenging, but I'll manage. I'm not as upset

 

about it as I was at first, and my health is more important. There's

 

nothing I love more than a hamburger, fries and a REAL cherry coke!

 

*sigh* I know there are times (esecially when dining out) when I'll

 

have to eat conventionally grown food, and at home I still buy a few

 

things that are conventional.

 

 

 

Thanks for the advice!

 

 

 

Jennifer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "brownwho63" <wefly66@e...>

 

wrote:

 

> We've stayed in places long enough to cook our own food but have

 

> never actually done so because it's.....well, sort of a pain to

 

haul

 

> the cookware, utensils, buy the food, prepare it, and then clean up

 

> afterwards. Much, much easier to just "eat out." I, too, have to

 

be

 

> careful about an abundance of road food. Though often tempted by

 

> burgers and fries, fried chicken, chicken fried steak, hot wings,

 

> cheezy greasy Tex-Mex, pizza, medium rare beef, mashed potatoes and

 

> gravy, and nearly everything else that actually tastes good (if it

 

> tastes good, spit it out), you can still enjoy eating while on the

 

> road. Subway, for example, offers great fare at reasonable prices

 

> with very low fat content, especially their chicken and turkey

 

> (without cheese but with lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, and oil).

 

Skip

 

> desserts. Salads are always available but be sure to avoid the

 

high-

 

> fat dressings. Have cereal and fruit with skim milk and juice for

 

> breakfast rather than bacon and eggs. A nutrition/power bar is a

 

good

 

> alternative -- also a good snack. Always avoid buffets. Drink

 

lots

 

> of iced tea or water.

 

>

 

> Am confident you're already aware of this but just wanted to throw

 

it

 

> in as food for thought....Bliss

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Guest big_ugly_mich@yahoo.com

I'd be concerned with the residue of petroleum products on my food.

 

 

 

--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "jenniferrt66"

 

<jabremer66@a...> wrote:

 

> Have you ever tried this? I can't imagine! I'll definitely have

 

to

 

> get the teardrop camper with the galley in the back! LOL

 

>

 

>

 

> --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, drivewdave@a... wrote:

 

> > regarding cooking on the road, about 1990 I found

 

> > a little paperback titled

 

> >

 

> > Manifold Cookery

 

> >

 

> > giving instructions and receipes for cooking

 

> > under the hood of your car, something people

 

> > have been doing since the early days. Most

 

> > involve aluminum foil, wire and time.

 

> > instead of bake for three hours at

 

> > 350 degrees it's place on the intake

 

> > manifold for 150 miles, turn over

 

> > after 75 miles. They said it was quite

 

> > the sight to pull into a rest stop, open the

 

> > hood and pull out a hot roast beef dinner.

 

> >

 

> > Army soldiers in WWII used to shave in the field

 

> > with jeep radiator water drained into their helmet.

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Guest big_ugly_mich@yahoo.com

One thing I used to do as an old boy scout was this: I'd save some

 

old number ten cans (from restaurants, schools and churches. Just

 

ask) and coffee cans and use them as pots. When I was done, in the

 

trash they went. I'm certainly no gourmet, but I eat my own cooking

 

without fear. No one's ever complained about my cooking, may the Lord

 

rest their souls. --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com,

 

big_ugly_mich@y... wrote:

 

> I'd be concerned with the residue of petroleum products on my food.

 

>

 

> --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "jenniferrt66"

 

> <jabremer66@a...> wrote:

 

> > Have you ever tried this? I can't imagine! I'll definitely have

 

> to

 

> > get the teardrop camper with the galley in the back! LOL

 

> >

 

> >

 

> > --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, drivewdave@a... wrote:

 

> > > regarding cooking on the road, about 1990 I found

 

> > > a little paperback titled

 

> > >

 

> > > Manifold Cookery

 

> > >

 

> > > giving instructions and receipes for cooking

 

> > > under the hood of your car, something people

 

> > > have been doing since the early days. Most

 

> > > involve aluminum foil, wire and time.

 

> > > instead of bake for three hours at

 

> > > 350 degrees it's place on the intake

 

> > > manifold for 150 miles, turn over

 

> > > after 75 miles. They said it was quite

 

> > > the sight to pull into a rest stop, open the

 

> > > hood and pull out a hot roast beef dinner.

 

> > >

 

> > > Army soldiers in WWII used to shave in the field

 

> > > with jeep radiator water drained into their helmet.

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Guest big_ugly_mich@yahoo.com

Have any of you taken trips into Canada and/or Mexico? I did once on

 

a whim, and, even though it was 1981, got stopped and searched at the

 

border going in. I'm sure that with the heightened awareness of

 

terrorism, that's gonna get worse before it gets better, but I still

 

want to take the Alaska Highway one day with the missus. She's

 

thinking cruise, and I may give in just to see my first Aurora

 

Borealis.

 

 

 

Perhaps other continents offer other options for the road warrior.

 

For instance, Asians and bicycles go together like peanut butter and

 

jelly from what I've heard. I know as a fact from seeing film on

 

television that Chinese tanks mashed Chinese bicycles into scrap

 

during the Tienanmin Square protest in 1989. Most people thought that

 

when a person was on his bike, Big Brother couldn't keep too close an

 

eye on him or her, and that's what triggered that action.

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Guest Russell S. Rein

Mark,

 

 

 

There is a true type font - US Highways - that

 

allows you to make US numbered highway signs

 

by combining the shield, a properly scaled "US"

 

and the numbers of your choice. I believe it

 

was created by Bruce Cridelbaugh. Do you have this?

 

 

 

ypsi-slim

 

 

 

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:40:32 -0000 "oldsigns52" <oldsigns52@yahoo.com>

 

writes:

 

 

 

Hi,

 

 

 

I'm doing research for a filmm and I thought you might help me.

 

Do you happen to know about smaller Louisiana route signs (for

 

"smaller" roads) circa 1954? Does it look like this:

 

 

 

http://home.earthlink.net/~marbach/akmfolder/louis.jpg

 

 

 

Also, if you have images of speed limit signs (1954) that would

 

be great.

 

 

 

Thank you very much!

 

--

 

Mark Bachman

 

All the King's Men, Art Dept.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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As the owner of a group myself, I also moderate all new members for a

 

short time. I have also restricted membership, in that I must approve

 

all requests for membership. If their email is a bit suspicious, I

 

email them and ask if they in fact want to join my group. Spammers

 

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--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, drivewdave@a... wrote:

 

> regarding cooking on the road, about 1990 I found

 

> a little paperback titled

 

>

 

> Manifold Cookery

 

>

 

> giving instructions and receipes for cooking

 

> under the hood of your car, something people

 

> have been doing since the early days. Most

 

> involve aluminum foil, wire and time.

 

> instead of bake for three hours at

 

> 350 degrees it's place on the intake

 

> manifold for 150 miles, turn over

 

> after 75 miles. They said it was quite

 

> the sight to pull into a rest stop, open the

 

> hood and pull out a hot roast beef dinner.

 

>

 

 

 

Based on the subject line, I thought this would be a thread about Jan and

 

Michael Stern's book "Roadfood" and their www.roadfood.com Web site. I

 

consider it to be a terrific resource for finding mom-and-pop restaurants with

 

distinctive, regional food. It hasn't steered us wrong yet.

 

 

 

I know that for Route 66, www.roadfood.com lists at least 10 places along the

 

Mother Road, maybe more. We went to Jobe's Charburger restaurant in El

 

Reno, OK, on its recommendation and had a fantastic meal there. Ditto for A

 

Slice of Pie in Rolla, Mo., about a block from the old route.

 

 

 

Ron Warnick

 

Belleville, IL

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Manifold Destiny:

 

The One! the Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine

 

Shows how to use a car engine to cook meat, poultry, fish, and

 

seafood, and includes safety precautions

 

 

 

E by Maynard, Chris; Scheller, Bill

 

Editions: Paperback (Villard Books, September 1, 1989), cover

 

price $7.95; Paperback (Villard Books, August 1, 1998), reprint

 

edition, cover price $9.95

 

 

 

http://isbn.nu/0679723374

 

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Also on topic - you guys probably helped write this one!

 

 

 

Roadfood.com

 

Finding the most memorable local eateries along the highways

 

and back roads of America.

 

http://www.roadfood.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, laurelrk66@a...

 

wrote:

 

> In a message dated 1/22/2004 8:58:32 PM Central Standard

 

Time,

 

> drivewdave@a... writes:

 

>

 

>

 

> > regarding cooking on the road, about 1990 I found

 

> > a little paperback titled

 

> >

 

> > Manifold Cookery

 

> >

 

>

 

> There is a book I own (and out-of-pring, according to

 

Amazon.com) entitled

 

> "Manifold Destiny", which is also devoted to cooking on one's

 

manifold, but

 

> most of it is strictly tongue-in-cheek. There are a few real

 

recipes, but lots

 

> of funny stuff, too.

 

>

 

> Laurel

 

> Afton, OK

 

>

 

>

 

>

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There's just too many places that RV's can't go. Gimme a compact

 

hatchback that I can flip the back seats down for a snooze.

 

 

 

--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, Glenn Adams <gfa77@e...> wrote:

 

> I have always been attracted to factory tours and this show is a

 

great idea. It would be even better if they'd hire a good writer.

 

The dialogue (and monologues) need some work.

 

>

 

> Nonetheless, I'm sure any regular in this forum would love to get

 

paid for driving backroads in an RV and chatting with factory

 

workers. I always envied Charles Kuralt - and now Ratzenberger.

 

>

 

>

 

> -----Original Message----- not repeated for brevity.

 

>

 

>

 

> Glenn Adams

 

> gfa77@e...

 

> www.lasvegasregion.com

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A couple good reads, enjoy! . . . Chris, NJ Exit 7-A

 

 

 

_____________________________________

 

 

 

Love Notes and Ghosts on a Lonely Road

 

By CHRIS DIXON

 

 

 

Published: February 20, 2004 The New York Times

 

 

 

. . . Highway 50, a transcontinental road that, in the era of the

 

interstate, stands largely forgotten. The 400-mile-long stretch from Carson

 

City to the Great Basin National Park (one of America's least visited and

 

most remote National Parks) has been nicknamed America's Loneliest Highway.

 

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/20/automobiles/20LONE.html

 

 

 

 

 

_____________________________________

 

 

 

 

 

US-50: THE LONELIEST ROAD

 

Road Trip USA

 

 

 

Running coast-to-coast through the heart of America on a 3,200-mile odyssey

 

from sea to shining sea, US-50 passes through a dozen different states and

 

four state capitals, as well as the nation?s capital, Washington, D.C. Along

 

the route are some of the country?s most magnificent landscapes: the

 

Appalachian, Rocky, and Sierra Nevada mountains, the endless farmlands of

 

the Great Plains, and the desiccated deserts of Utah and Nevada. It follows

 

the footsteps of pioneers along the Santa Fe Trail and the route of the Pony

 

Express, and gives an uncannily consistent time line of national

 

development. Heading west to east, you can travel back in history from the

 

cutting-edge high tech of contemporary Silicon Valley, across the Wild West

 

frontier of the mid-1800s, and through lands the likes of Daniel Boone and

 

countless others pioneered in the 1700s, before arriving at the Atlantic

 

Ocean near some of the oldest and best-preserved colonial-era landscapes in

 

the USA.

 

 

 

http://www.roadtripusa.com/us_50/index.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A great trip across U S 50 is Wulf Berg's journey.

 

And, yes, he wrote a book about it. Neat thing about

 

Wulf's book is you can read a chapter a day and it's

 

like driving it yourself. I'm not sure if copies are

 

still available, but his web site is:

 

 

 

http://www.route50.com/

 

 

 

Hudsonly,

 

Alex B

 

 

 

--- chris <chris@experiencenascar.com> wrote:

 

> A couple good reads, enjoy! . . . Chris, NJ Exit 7-A

 

>

 

> _____________________________________

 

>

 

> Love Notes and Ghosts on a Lonely Road

 

> By CHRIS DIXON

 

>

 

> Published: February 20, 2004 The New York Times

 

>

 

> . . . Highway 50, a transcontinental road that, in

 

> the era of the

 

> interstate, stands largely forgotten. The

 

> 400-mile-long stretch from Carson

 

> City to the Great Basin National Park (one of

 

> America's least visited and

 

> most remote National Parks) has been nicknamed

 

> America's Loneliest Highway.

 

>

 

>

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/20/automobiles/20LONE.html

 

>

 

>

 

> _____________________________________

 

>

 

>

 

> US-50: THE LONELIEST ROAD

 

> Road Trip USA

 

>

 

> Running coast-to-coast through the heart of America

 

> on a 3,200-mile odyssey

 

> from sea to shining sea, US-50 passes through a

 

> dozen different states and

 

> four state capitals, as well as the nation?s

 

> capital, Washington, D.C. Along

 

> the route are some of the country?s most magnificent

 

> landscapes: the

 

> Appalachian, Rocky, and Sierra Nevada mountains, the

 

> endless farmlands of

 

> the Great Plains, and the desiccated deserts of Utah

 

> and Nevada. It follows

 

> the footsteps of pioneers along the Santa Fe Trail

 

> and the route of the Pony

 

> Express, and gives an uncannily consistent time line

 

> of national

 

> development. Heading west to east, you can travel

 

> back in history from the

 

> cutting-edge high tech of contemporary Silicon

 

> Valley, across the Wild West

 

> frontier of the mid-1800s, and through lands the

 

> likes of Daniel Boone and

 

> countless others pioneered in the 1700s, before

 

> arriving at the Atlantic

 

> Ocean near some of the oldest and best-preserved

 

> colonial-era landscapes in

 

> the USA.

 

>

 

> http://www.roadtripusa.com/us_50/index.html

 

>

 

>

 

>

 

>

 

>

 

>

 

> _____________________________________

 

>

 

> NASCAR Fans, Get Up On The Pit Wagon!

 

> Visit... http://www.experiencenascar.com/

 

>

 

>

 

 

 

 

 

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Teresco,

 

 

 

The pictures I took were taken about four years ago during the

 

4-lane construction and some were taken a few months ago. It

 

would be nice to have pictures of Hwy 44/550 when it was 2-laned.

 

They would have value now that 44 no longer exist.

 

I like the scenic view between mile markers 80 and 120. Millions of

 

years ago that area was completely covered by water. Lake level

 

marks are still visible on the terrain. It's even possible to find

 

plant fossils up in the hills near the road.

 

 

 

The pictures you took of 550 came out pretty good. Thanks for the

 

links.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, Jim Teresco <terescoj@t...>

 

wrote:

 

>

 

> I made a few trips on US 550 in the last year and a half or so,

 

mostly

 

> to get to southeastern Utah and southern Colorado from Albuquerque.

 

> It's a very scenic ride, and the road is good quality. I never

 

> travelled it before it was 4-laned. When were those pictures on

 

the

 

> linked page taken? I didn't see any NM 44 markers on the road in

 

my

 

> trips from late 2003 up to last month.

 

>

 

> A few of my pages linked from http://www.teresco.org/pics/ have

 

> pictures from the rides:

 

>

 

> http://www.teresco.org/pics/fourcorners-20...7/27/us550.html

 

>

 

> http://www.teresco.org/pics/wolfcreek-20040207-08/us550.html

 

>

 

> http://www.teresco.org/pics/co-nm-20050119...19/allpics.html

 

>

 

> --

 

> Jim Teresco - terescoj@t...

 

> http://www.teresco.org

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Hi -

 

 

 

Thanks Alex, but I think I may be doing something dumb (not unusual for

 

me!). The image I see is 271 x 400 pixels, not quite enough resolution

 

to make out the details on the map. The screen alludes to a "full size

 

: 1439 KB" version but I don't see how to access it. HELP.

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

Frank.

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Frank,

 

 

 

Where it says "Full Size" *should* be hyperlinked. If you click that

 

link, then it will display the large file.

 

 

 

Jennifer

 

 

 

--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Frank P. Maloney"

 

<frank.maloney@v...> wrote:

 

> Hi -

 

>

 

> Thanks Alex, but I think I may be doing something dumb (not unusual

 

for

 

> me!). The image I see is 271 x 400 pixels, not quite enough

 

resolution

 

> to make out the details on the map. The screen alludes to a "full

 

size

 

> : 1439 KB" version but I don't see how to access it. HELP.

 

>

 

> Thanks,

 

> Frank.

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Greetings Frank and Jennifer,

 

 

 

If I'm not mistaken, Yahoo has recently done away with allowing the

 

viewing of the full size version to visitors at a Yahoo photo album.

 

(Possibly the effort to conserve MB space within the groups).

 

I don't think that the full size version is even accessable to the

 

creator of the photo album anymore. The only way to get that map into

 

more detail, would be to rescan it at a higher resolution and

 

possible divide the map into two halves.

 

 

 

God Bless and Happy Trails.

 

 

 

the landrunner

 

 

 

<http://www.postmarkart.com/links.htm>

 

 

 

--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "jenniferrt66"

 

<jabremer66@a...> wrote:

 

> Frank,

 

>

 

> Where it says "Full Size" *should* be hyperlinked. If you click

 

that

 

> link, then it will display the large file.

 

>

 

> Jennifer

 

>

 

> --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Frank P. Maloney"

 

> <frank.maloney@v...> wrote:

 

> > Hi -

 

> >

 

> > Thanks Alex, but I think I may be doing something dumb (not

 

unusual

 

> for

 

> > me!). The image I see is 271 x 400 pixels, not quite enough

 

> resolution

 

> > to make out the details on the map. The screen alludes to

 

a "full

 

> size

 

> > : 1439 KB" version but I don't see how to access it. HELP.

 

> >

 

> > Thanks,

 

> > Frank.

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BTW - Or another way would be to load up the map scan into our files

 

section rather than in the photos section. Q;)

 

 

 

God Bless.

 

 

 

the landrunner

 

 

 

 

 

--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Ken" <thelandrunner@y...>

 

wrote:

 

> Greetings Frank and Jennifer,

 

>

 

> If I'm not mistaken, Yahoo has recently done away with allowing the

 

> viewing of the full size version to visitors at a Yahoo photo album.

 

> (Possibly the effort to conserve MB space within the groups).

 

> I don't think that the full size version is even accessable to the

 

> creator of the photo album anymore. The only way to get that map

 

into

 

> more detail, would be to rescan it at a higher resolution and

 

> possible divide the map into two halves.

 

>

 

> God Bless and Happy Trails.

 

>

 

> the landrunner

 

>

 

> <http://www.postmarkart.com/links.htm>

 

>

 

> --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "jenniferrt66"

 

> <jabremer66@a...> wrote:

 

> > Frank,

 

> >

 

> > Where it says "Full Size" *should* be hyperlinked. If you click

 

> that

 

> > link, then it will display the large file.

 

> >

 

> > Jennifer

 

> >

 

> > --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Frank P. Maloney"

 

> > <frank.maloney@v...> wrote:

 

> > > Hi -

 

> > >

 

> > > Thanks Alex, but I think I may be doing something dumb (not

 

> unusual

 

> > for

 

> > > me!). The image I see is 271 x 400 pixels, not quite enough

 

> > resolution

 

> > > to make out the details on the map. The screen alludes to

 

> a "full

 

> > size

 

> > > : 1439 KB" version but I don't see how to access it. HELP.

 

> > >

 

> > > Thanks,

 

> > > Frank.

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Guest Frank P. Maloney

Hi All -

 

 

 

Thanks Jennifer, but I think Ken is right. I cannot see a link on my

 

page or in the source HTML. Alex, if you want to make this available on

 

the WWW but don't have a site, I would be happy to "host" your map on my

 

Route 66 / Area 51 site. Just email it to me. Thanks all.

 

 

 

Frank.

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Guest Alex Burr

Ken,

 

 

 

It grew up for me - first click brought it to

 

mid-size; click on that one, Yahoo!!!! Super size.

 

LOL

 

 

 

Hudsonly,

 

Alex B

 

 

 

--- Ken <thelandrunner@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

> Greetings Frank and Jennifer,

 

>

 

> If I'm not mistaken, Yahoo has recently done away

 

> with allowing the

 

> viewing of the full size version to visitors at a

 

> Yahoo photo album.

 

> (Possibly the effort to conserve MB space within the

 

> groups).

 

> I don't think that the full size version is even

 

> accessable to the

 

> creator of the photo album anymore. The only way to

 

> get that map into

 

> more detail, would be to rescan it at a higher

 

> resolution and

 

> possible divide the map into two halves.

 

>

 

> God Bless and Happy Trails.

 

>

 

> the landrunner

 

>

 

> <http://www.postmarkart.com/links.htm>

 

>

 

> --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "jenniferrt66"

 

>

 

> <jabremer66@a...> wrote:

 

> > Frank,

 

> >

 

> > Where it says "Full Size" *should* be hyperlinked.

 

> If you click

 

> that

 

> > link, then it will display the large file.

 

> >

 

> > Jennifer

 

> >

 

> > --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Frank P.

 

> Maloney"

 

> > <frank.maloney@v...> wrote:

 

> > > Hi -

 

> > >

 

> > > Thanks Alex, but I think I may be doing

 

> something dumb (not

 

> unusual

 

> > for

 

> > > me!). The image I see is 271 x 400 pixels, not

 

> quite enough

 

> > resolution

 

> > > to make out the details on the map. The screen

 

> alludes to

 

> a "full

 

> > size

 

> > > : 1439 KB" version but I don't see how to access

 

> it. HELP.

 

> > >

 

> > > Thanks,

 

> > > Frank.

 

>

 

>

 

 

 

 

 

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--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Frank P. Maloney"

 

<frank.maloney@v...> wrote:

 

> Hi All -

 

>

 

> Thanks Jennifer, but I think Ken is right. I cannot see a link on

 

my

 

> page or in the source HTML. Alex, if you want to make this

 

available on

 

> the WWW but don't have a site, I would be happy to "host" your map

 

on my

 

> Route 66 / Area 51 site. Just email it to me. Thanks all.

 

>

 

> Frank.

 

 

 

Hi Ken and Frank!

 

 

 

I'm sorry about the confusion! Evidently, as the co-owner of the

 

list, I have different permissions....the link is active for me and I

 

can see the large file.

 

 

 

Anyway, that's a great idea to host that file, Frank!

 

 

 

Jennifer

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Guest Jim Ross

A number of years ago I wrote a feature article in that other magazine on the

 

alignments through STL. It was called "Escape From St. Louis." As the title

 

suggests, that tangle of routings is enough to make your head spin.

 

 

 

Jim R.

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Hello,

 

 

 

This email message is a notification to let you know that

 

a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the AMERICAN_ROAD

 

group.

 

 

 

File : /__hr_St.+Louis+map+-+1934.jpg

 

Uploaded by : jenniferrt66 <jabremer66@aol.com>

 

Description : 1934 St. Louis Map

 

 

 

You can access this file at the URL

 

 

 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AMERICAN_ROA...s%2Bmap%2B-%2B1

 

934.jpg

 

 

 

To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit

 

 

 

http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files

 

 

 

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Guest Alex Burr

Frank,

 

 

 

Someone just uploaded it to the files section on the

 

American Road web site.

 

 

 

I noticed somebody uploaded it to the America Road

 

files section -but if you wish I'll send it to you

 

anyway - I do have a web site (

 

http://groups.msn.com/HudsonMotorCarCompany ) - with

 

links to my Hudson tech and general information sites

 

- but my site really isn't in alignment with posting

 

road maps.

 

 

 

Hudsonly,

 

Alex B

 

 

 

--- "Frank P. Maloney" <frank.maloney@villanova.edu>

 

wrote:

 

> Hi All -

 

>

 

> Thanks Jennifer, but I think Ken is right. I cannot

 

> see a link on my

 

> page or in the source HTML. Alex, if you want to

 

> make this available on

 

> the WWW but don't have a site, I would be happy to

 

> "host" your map on my

 

> Route 66 / Area 51 site. Just email it to me.

 

> Thanks all.

 

>

 

> Frank.

 

>

 

 

 

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Guest Rudyard Welborn

It is actually fun figgurin out our little town...what is, what was, and top

 

it off with a concrete at Ted Drewes! Tsingtao, Kip

 

----- Original Message -----

 

From: "Alex Burr" <hester_nec@yahoo.com>

 

To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com>

 

Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 3:40 PM

 

Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Travels along old alignments

 

 

 

 

 

> I just got a 1934 Missouri road map - the city map of St. Louis

 

> shows the following bridges:

 

>

 

> To the north - Chain of Rocks carrying U S 66 and Byp. 40;

 

>

 

> Next - the McKinley Bridge coming in from Madison and Venice to

 

> Salisbury Street;

 

>

 

> Next moving south - the Eads Bridge coming off of Broadway in E. St.

 

> Louis to Washington Street in St. Louis;

 

>

 

> Last to the south - the "Muncipal Toll Bridge" coming off 10th Street

 

> in E. St. Louis to Choteau Avenue in St. Louis. Passes near the

 

> Cahokia Power Plant in EStL and carries, according to the map, U S

 

> Routes 40, 50, City 66 and 67.

 

>

 

> City 66 is shown in E. St. Louis with 67 and 40 coming down 9th St.,

 

> the a jog onto 10th Street, the across the Municipa bridge, turning

 

> left on 12th Street, which turns into Gravois Avenue, then into New

 

> Watson. Another routing is shown as City 66 running south from the

 

> Chain of Rocks Bridge down Riverview Drive, Broadway, Calvery,

 

> Florissanatand joining the other City 66 at the end of the Municipal

 

> Bridge;

 

> 50 turns into Manchester Road;

 

> City 40 splits off 40 as By-Pass 40 to the east in Troy, IL. It

 

> runs down Olive St., in St. Louis, as City 40, turns north on Union

 

> Blvd and joins 40 (which is shown running down Cass Ave which turns

 

> into Page Avenue;

 

> By-pass 40 co-signs with 66 across the Chain of Rocks, then down

 

> Lindberg Blvd to Natural Bridge Road out by the now names St. Louis

 

> International Airport;

 

> 67 runs down 7th/Broadway/Davis/Lemay Ferry Road.

 

>

 

> In my 1941 Western States AAA tour guide book a map of St. Louis

 

> shows a 5th bridge being under construction crossing just north of

 

> Eads bridge off St. Clair Avenue near 9th St in EStL connecting to

 

> Broadway in St. Louis.

 

>

 

> I looked up the Municipal Toll Bridge to see what info I could find

 

> - all I could find was that it was re-named the Douglas MacArthur

 

> Bridge in 1942.

 

>

 

> Sure would have hated to try and follow these convolutions thru St.

 

> Louis with a hangover!!! LOL

 

>

 

>

 

> Hudsonly,

 

> Alex B

 

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