A road trip in 1961 March 13, 2011
Posted by Ron Warnick in Bridges, Highways, History, Road trips.trackback
The YouTube description of this video:
This clip opens with my mom holding a little home made sign that says “California, here we come, Hugh, Ag and Jeff”. This was the first day of our trip west in 1961. We left from Caseville and traveled historic Route 66 the first few days. By late afternoon of the first day we were crossing the Mississippi at St. Louis and much of this clip is from that crossing. The soundtrack is Simon and Garfunkel’s “America”.
I’m pretty sure you see brief glimpses of the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge in St. Louis:
This is wonderful. Would love to see more of it, preferably without so many special effects. Raw footage, if they have film of more of the trip, would be a treasure.
I love these vintage slices showing old 66. The bridge may be McKinley Bridge as it does appear to be more of a downtown location.