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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Tastee Freez ice cream sign, E. 11th Street (Route 66), Tulsa, Oklahoma

Gas pump, Route 66, Kellyville, Oklahoma

VFW sign, B-40, Route 66, Winslow, Arizona

Fisher's barber pole, Route 66, Amarillo, Texas

Sunset Drive-in Theater, West 9th Street, Business Route 66, Amarillo, Texas

Arts & Crafts Center, Route 66, Winslow, Arizona

Teepee at gas station, souvenir place, Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jene's Teepee Gifts, Route 66, Tucumcari, New Mexico

Teepee shed, Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Indian Trading Post, Route 66, Elk City, Oklahoma

Retro Burma Shave sign#1, Route 66, Peach Springs, Arizona

Retro Burma Shave sign#2, Route 66, Peach Springs, Arizona

Retro Burma Shave sign#3, Route 66, Peach Springs, Arizona

Retro Burma Shave sign#4, Route 66, Peach Springs, Arizona

Retro Burma Shave sign#5, Route 66, Peach Springs, Arizona

Blue Whale, Route 66, Catoosa, Oklahoma

Table and stools, Blue Whale, Route 66, Catoosa, Oklahoma

Fireworks stand, Route 66, Clinton, Oklahoma

Three cabins, Wigwam Village #7, Route 66, Rialto, California

Tsaya Trading Co. sign, Route 666, Cortez, Colorado

Jene's Teepee Gifts, Route 66, Tucumcari, New Mexico

TP Store, Route 66, Holbrook, Arizona

Holloway Worm Farm, Route 66, Amarillo, Texas
