This stretch of hand-laid brick, completed as part of the once-grand U.S. Route 66 westward from Chicago to California, is preserved near the central-Illinois town of Auburn.
Item
- Title
- This stretch of hand-laid brick, completed as part of the once-grand U.S. Route 66 westward from Chicago to California, is preserved near the central-Illinois town of Auburn.
- Rights
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. Public Domain.
- Creator
- Highsmith, Carol M., (1946-)
- Date
- 2019 C.E.
- Description
- An image of a hand laid brick road in Auburn, Illinois that was once part of Route 66. What appears to be a corn field is visible on the left side of the image. Grass can be seen on either side of the road and trees and a distant farm house are in the background.
- Format
- Digital Photograph.
- Publisher
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
- Contributor
- Cyrena Hoaglund
- Identifier
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. 2020721679.
- Subject
- Travel; history; American history; Route 66; roadside; brick; brick road; Illinois; historic roads; preservation.
- Source
- Tiff file. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. 11/09/21.
- https://www.loc.gov/item/2020721679/
- Item sets
- Route 66 Through the Decades
