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Route author Michael Wallis in his writing studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in November 2017. Wallis graciously wrote the intro for my book.
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I took this portrait of Bill Shea outside his museum in Springfield, Illinois, in 2007. It was a return trip to deliver some prints from my first visit a few years earlier. Bill passed away in December 2013.
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One of the starting points for Route 66 as marked by a sign on Adams Street in the Loop, Chicago. I took this one as part of the CITY 2000 documentary project.
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When I lived in Flagstaff, Arizona, in 2011, I wandered out to the now abandoned Twin Arrows Trading Post, east of town.
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In 2001, I stopped to photograph the Kimo Theatre in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Distortion from the curved film in my camera adds to the bendiness of the Bent Door Cafe in Adrian, Texas.
I found this happy used car lot on Route 66 near downtown Joplin, Missouri, in 2001.
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I visited the Twin Oaks Gas For Less sign near the east end of Chain of Rocks Bridge in Illinois in 1998.
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I took this photo of the Wigwam Motel in Rialto, California, long before it served as an inspiration for the Cozy Cone Motel in the film Cars.
I photographed this Glenrio, New Mexico, resident mowing her lawn in 2001. Sadly, my notebook from this trip got lost along the way
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Bob Waldmire in his hand decorated 1972 VW van outside his family’s Cozy Dog restaurant in Springfield, Illinois, in 2001. Bob passed away in December 2009.
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The Route 66 Hall of Fame when it was located on the way to the bathrooms at Dixie Truck Stop in McLean, Illinois.
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A 2001 portrait of Ved & Mridu Shandil, owners of the Route 66 Motel in Barstow, California.