Standing on 'The Corner' by junge1
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Standing on 'The Corner' in Winslow, Arizona. This is the famous 'Route 66' - US 66. For decades this route was the main East-West highway through the central United States. This route was used by Oklahomans during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl Days of the 1930's to migrate west to California.
It was made famous by John Steinbeck's book 'The Grapes of Wrath' and the subsequent 1940 movie of the same title directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda.
Route US 66 fell into disuse after the building of Interstate 40 in the 1960's. But there are still some fabulous stretches of this classic route in Arizona, especially between Seligman and Kingman.
This picture was taken on 22 February 2009.
Thank you for viewing and commenting on my uploads and a special 'Thank you' to those that may have added some of them to their favs,
Sig...
Comments (37)
Good information and wonderful shot!!!
Jolie capture pour une belle photo!
Splendid composition and colors my friend
Excellent capture!!!
Fascinating!
This is a good picture and shows Sig has been on the road again!
thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of memorabilia. EXCELLENT PHOTO!
Some very cool history there Sig!! Some favourites of mine..
Sig, you did a great job on your filmology as far as you went but you missed listing the TV program most watched in the early 60s..."Route 66", starring Martin Milner and George Maharis, their Corvette and featureing the theme song with the words, "Come along for the ride and get your kicks on Route 66."
Very nice! a great road and a great trip: people and landscapes are priceless!
VERY cool !
cool image!!!!!
Very interesting Sig with a nice POV!
ROUTE 66 IS MYTHICAL! AND i ESPECIALLY LOVE THOSE SHOPS YOU CAN FIND IN THE WEST (OF THE USA)!!!
Very nice place..great capture Sig! :)
"Watching all the girls go by"---great shot of this classic scene. When I was a kid, we lived in Phoenix and every summer drove to California. This was before Interstate 10 was built and we went thru all kinds of towns just like this. Thanks for the memory!!
love the atmosphere of this picture. It reminds me my vacations in Arizona :-)
Excellent capture my friend.
Excelente, captura magnifica, aplausos (5)
Great capture, but you did not give props to the Eagles for singing about standing on the corner in Winslow Arizona.....
I saw the turn off to Winslow but missed it... But it was a fast travel day out to Flagstaff and back. :-) Now I'm sorry I missed it. Great shot.
Absolutely fantastic capture, and interesting place. I have only heard of it through the Eables song, Take it easy, and had no idea it was a real place, or thet it was on route 66! Bravo & Thanks
@duncanoooo. Duncan I have never heard of the Eagles!
great info and i really like this place sig superb shot!!
I traveled the old route 66 before any interstate was open and it took a long time to get to CA.recently I stopped and ate just real close to this store. some real memorabilia and superb capture
you really catched the right spirit here,pioneering a bit. and i see on the comments that you brought some joy to tha people,and that is more fantastic than the shot in itself although it is a great one.5++
Fantastic work!!! XCellent!!!
ahhhhh ... now you made me remember that I should listen to some America tunes =) ... excellent capture my friend!
Very cool photography excellent capture my friend.
I never knew! Thanks for the history AND the picture reference! Brilliant. Rob.