Michael Campanelli’s exhibit of photographs of Route 66 sights was dedicated at the Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum in Pontiac, Ill., on Friday, reports the Pontiac Daily Leader.
Campanelli wanted a permanent place on Route 66 to display his work, and Pontiac successfully wooed the exhibit, thanks to tourism director Ellie Alexander.
“Pontiac just seemed to be the best place to put it,” she said — and already had a place for the photos. Ambrose and Campanelli met in January, Campanelli said Friday it was “pretty remarkable” what city Maintenance Director Milt Hanson and other employees had done since then in readying four rooms on the second story of the fire station-city hall for the exhibit. […]
The one-year factor in the display of the photographs is because the museum may renew the exhibit or the heritage project may make it into a traveling exhibit.