An old U.S. Route 66 cafe counter, reassembled at the Route 66 Motorheads Bar, Grill, and Museum outside Springfield, Illinois. The owner, Ron Metzger, has collected, restored, and displayed many artifacts from the historic, Chicago-to-California two-lane U.S. Route 66 over the years.
Item
- Title
- An old U.S. Route 66 cafe counter, reassembled at the Route 66 Motorheads Bar, Grill, and Museum outside Springfield, Illinois. The owner, Ron Metzger, has collected, restored, and displayed many artifacts from the historic, Chicago-to-California two-lane U.S. Route 66 over the years.
- Rights
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. Public Domain.
- Creator
- Highsmith, Carol M., (1946-,)
- Date
- 2019 C.E.
- Description
- A photo of a museum exhibit of a reassembled Route 66 diner/café counter. Steel counter stools with red and blue tops sit in front of a glass block counter. A pink waitress’ uniform and era typical signs for pay telephones, restrooms, and Coca Cola advertising can also be seen in the exhibit.
- Format
- Digital photographs Color.
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
- Contributor
- Cyrena Hoaglund
- Identifier
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. 2020721534
- Subject
- Travel; history; American history; Route 66; cafe; museum; Illinois; historic roads; preservation.
- Source
- Tiff file. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. 11/09/21.
- https://www.loc.gov/item/2020721534/
- Item sets
- Route 66 Through the Decades
- Site pages
- The Nostalgia of 66