Gems & Hidden Histories on Route 66

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Over the last 15 years I’ve spent a total of 24 days driving over 7500 miles up and down the Mother Road with a Leica rangefinder, trying to capture images of a history that is fast disappearing. Originally intended for a photo book, the total number of images (and the information about each) made it cost prohibitive to publish. Wanting to share the information with other Route 66-o-philes, I decided to create a photo vlog on YouTube.

Gems & Hidden Histories on Route 66

Starting in Chicago, and breaking them down in bite size pieces, I’ll be posting one or more episodes each week until we reach Los Angeles. I hope you enjoy.

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Best,
-Tim
 
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We live a few miles north of Route 66 (Foothill Blvd.) in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Sounds like a fun trip...looking forward to checking out your images and vlog...
 
Sounds fascinating! Will you be covering the pre- and post-1937 alignments of Rt.66 in New Mexico? Both alignments cross each other in downtown ABQ at 4th Street and Central.
 
Nicely done. Having traveled most of it before there were Interstates, Route 66 seemed a bit more “humane” than what it was replaced with. Those to whom the “time marches on” mantra justifies and explains everything will surely disagree.
There’s a reason nobody is ever going to produce, or want to watch, a tv show called “Interstate 40”.
Twenty five years ago I made a plan to drive over as much of it as was left as I could, in a period correct vehicle, out of unrepentant obstinacy, but never did.
Thanks, Tim, for doing it for me. Will be watching.
 
I love a good Rt. 66 road trip! Someday I'll drive the whole thing.


My favorite places include Amboy CA which I've visited many times, and the Painted Desert Trading Post in AZ which I keep procrastinating.... I should go before something bad happens to it.
 
Andy Kibber said:
Thanks! I will certainly check these out.

The photo links in your post are broken. I'd be happy to see some preview photos in this thread.
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Hi Andy, the links are to YouTube videos, when you click on them you should be brought to a YouTube page.

Best,
-Tim
 
Thank you Sam, I'm jealous of you living in Rancho Cucamonga, so beautiful out there, and you have In-n-Out Burger.

Hi Joe, are you talking about the alignment that goes north to Santa Fe, then back down to ABQ? I drove that in 2006, but don't have many images, I'll have to look back thru.

Thanks Larry. I think a big draw for me was wanting to connect with my Dad. From the time he got home from fighting in the Marines in Korea in 1951, till his untimely death in 1969, he was a traveling salesman. He stayed in motels like the ones on 66, ate at those kinds of diners, stopped at those types of gas stations. Trying to see what he experienced.

Hi Charles, yes, go before there is nothing left. Each trip I make there are fewer and fewer locations from its heyday. The pandemic has taken its toll as well as most of the places along the road are still mom & pop owned and operated.

Best,
-Tim
 
nikon_sam said:
We live a few miles north of Route 66 (Foothill Blvd.) in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Sounds like a fun trip...looking forward to checking out your images and vlog...
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My nephew lives close to Foothill Blvd (now renamed Route 66) when it passes through Glendora. I stayed in a motel on route 66 and you could still see some still standing remains of the original Route 66 days:

Kodak Gold 200 expired by John Carter, on Flickr

TMY-2 HC-110h by John Carter, on Flickr

Kodak Gold 100 by John Carter, on Flickr

Kodak 400 Max expired2002 by John Carter, on Flickr
 
Not sure, wanna ride out with me? ;)

We would take US Route 14 the whole way out, another great old US Route. Runs right into Stugis.

Best,
-Tim
 
My young family and I ended up broken down on Route 66 back in 2012 on our way west (shades of the animated movie Cars) in the town of Moriarty, NM. We met many kinds and helpful folks there, saw a few of the older places and hanging on and, unsurprisingly, the world always seems to grow smaller and more interconnected. I'm looking forward to watching these, thanks for sharing.
 
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