Edward Keating: Route 66, Motels
(25 photos)

Edward Keating's black and white images of the motels along Route 66 were featured over eight pages in the March/April 2008 issue of Preservation magazine. These motels, symbols of the golden age of American car culture, sprang up after WWII to lure newly mobile American tourists on their way out west. Today, part kitsch and plaintive, the remnants of these nostalgic monuments to the past dot the bypassed stretch of road from Missouri and Illinois, to Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.
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  • Route 66: Reversed "MOTEL", (LETOM) from behind a motel in Lebanon, MO.
  • Route 66: Abandonded signage in Springfield, IL.
  • Route 66: A large map of USA at the Route 66 Bar in Erick, OK.
  • Route 66: Looking out the office window from the Rest Haven Court (motel) in Lebanon, MO.
  • Route 66: Abandonded diner in Texas.
  • Route 66: "Steaks", Amarillo, TX..
  • Route 66: Approaching storm and motels near Santa Rosa, NM.
  • Route 66: Abandoned gas station near Amarillo, TX.
  • Route 66: Motel at night and night manager through window, near Tucumcari, NM.. .
  • Route 66: Women and girls at Munger Moss Motel swimming pool in Lebanon, MO.
  • Route 66: The Aztec Motel, paintings and sculpture in Ambuquerque, NM..
  • Route 66: a night worker at the Woods Inn, in Amarillo, TX.
  • Route 66: Old tires and passing Santa Fe train near Amarillo, TX.
  • Route 66: Cattleman's Lounge in Amarillo, TX.
  • Route 66: Tire ad on top of pole, McClean, TX
  • Route 66: Cowboy Motel, Wagon Wheel Motel and Sundown Motel signs at night, Amarillo, TX.
  • Route 66: The Holiday Motel, with arrow out front, Lebanon, MO.
  • Route 66: Radio tower and food store.
  • Route 66: Men at McDonald's with a Route 66 sign, Chelsea, OK.
  • Route 66: The Mid-Point Cafe and Fabulous 40 Motel in Adrian, TX.
  • Route 66: Cleaning ladies at the Rest Haven Court (motel) in Springfield, MO.
  • Route 66: Abandonded cars near Amarillo, TX..
  • Route 66: Stenciled Pegasus atop old gas station in Lebanon, MO..
  • Route 66: Premier Motel sign in Albuquerque, NM..
  • Route 66: Girl outside of motel in Albuquerque, NM.

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