Road warrior Tim Steil was in Washington, D.C., last week with his kid to see the Smithsonian’s “America on the Move” exhibit before that part of the museum closes Sept. 4 for a two-year renovation. He e-mailed me a few photos from it.
Here’s a 1930s section of Route 66 from western Oklahoma. Steil wrote:
“That OK 66 sign is projected from a light above. … I was standing there looking at the exhibit, trying to figure out where the slab of 66 was … and my son pointed down at the sign and said, ‘You’re standing on it, Dad.’ Pretty cool the way you just step onto it without realizing it.”
Here’s the old Hamons Court sign that was part of the motel of the Lucille’s complex near Hydro, Okla.
Here’s a Route 66 exhibit.
Its a great exhibition. I was there in May and though I know next to nothoing about the route (i’m from Ireland) I did WANT to know about it and that’s a mark of a job well done in my mind!
Eoin
Glad to see that Sixty-Six spotlight is back. It was burned out or turned off when I was there on July 4 and I was afraid it would remain that way until the big shut down.