THE ARCHIVE / Themes
Route 66.
A road number can become part of a place’s identity, but a photograph holds more than a route label. Look closely at the businesses named in these records: how they address passing traffic, how their signs meet the surrounding landscape, and how an individual design becomes recognizable. The Roy’s and Holbrook Wigwam Village stories follow two distinct examples. This theme is based on explicit references in the archive records, rather than an inferred location near a modern route map.
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Richfield Gas, Route 66, Cucamonga, California

Stork Cafe, 3rd Street, Route 66, Winslow, Arizona

Highway Diner, Route 66, Winslow, Arizona

Sonic Drive-In Restaurant, Central Valley, Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Uranium Cafe Chinese sign, Route 66, Grants, New Mexico

Wigwam Village #6, Route 66, Holbrook, Arizona

Aztec Motel, office and sign, Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Aztec Motel, office detail, Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Aztec Motel, diagonal view 1, Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Aztec Motel, diagonal view 2, Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Aztec Motel, frontal close-up view, Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Will Rogers Motor Court sign, Route 66, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Indian Trading Post, Route 66, Elk City, Oklahoma

Totem Pole Park, near Route 66, Foyil, Oklahoma

Trail Drive-in Theater, closer view, Route 66, Amarillo, Texas

Trail Drive-in Theater, Route 66, Amarillo, Texas

Shear Indulgence Beauty Salon, Route 66, Winslow, Arizona

West Theater, angle 1, Route 66, Grants, New Mexico

West Theater, angle 2, Route 66, Grants, New Mexico

State Theater, Central Avenue (Route 66), Albuquerque, New Mexico

Hiland Theater, Central Avenue (Route 66), Albuquerque, New Mexico

Teepee Building (probably a food stand), horizontal, Route 66, Holbrook, Arizona

Teepee Building (probably a food stand), vertical, Route 66, Holbrook, Arizona
