namaron
namaron
Seekonk, Massachusetts, USA
Dec 2014
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"ROUTE 66 HIGHWAY AND SIGNS"

When I was real little we would go on a trip and there I would be in the back seat looking out the window....What I remember seeing the most in my mind was a series of signs..usually about 50 feet apart..each with a 1 liner on it...All I remember still is the last one..."Burma Shave"................
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namaron
namaronOP●Seekonk, Massachusetts USA
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"Get Your Kicks"..."On Route Sixty-Six"............detective
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namaron
namaronOP●Seekonk, Massachusetts USA
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Route 66 was the major way used for those who were migrating West starting in 1929..........detective
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Ken_19
Ken_19●Winchester, Virginia USA
Dec 4, 2014●284 Blogs●3,903 Comments
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As Route 1 was the major road from Boston to Miami in the same periods.
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namaron
namaronOP●Seekonk, Massachusetts USA
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Route 66 started in Illinois to Missouri..Kansas ..Oklahoma..To..Texas Then New Mexico thru Arizona and finishing up in good ole California.........detective
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namaron
namaronOP●Seekonk, Massachusetts USA
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I was on Route 1 today in Rhode Island......detective
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namaron
namaronOP●Seekonk, Massachusetts USA
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In 1857 a Lt Edward Beale was ordered by the war department to build a Wagon road along the 35th parallel....Which eventually turn into Route 66................
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namaron
namaronOP●Seekonk, Massachusetts USA
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One Billboard I always remembered was the one for "Copper Tone Sun Tan Lotion"(with the little girl and the dog pulling her Bathing suit off)................detective
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namaron
namaronOP●Seekonk, Massachusetts USA
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There also was a Television show back then about two guys traveling along the Road in their sports car..It was called "Route 66"...................detective
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namaron
namaronOP●Seekonk, Massachusetts USA
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And speaking of Routes...Route 90 east or west near Cleveland is called "Deadmans Curve because you go from 65-70Mph right down to 15 Mph in order to make the turn safely..(Drove it many times driving a truck...............detective
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SistaCallie
SistaCallie●Pokemon, Texas USA
Dec 4, 2014●85 Blogs●483 Comments
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Hey Nam, going to Vegas? Route 66 is still up and the numbers 66 is paved on the highway... takes you into Las Vegas.
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miclee
miclee●Perla, North of the Straits of, Florida USA
Dec 4, 2014●344 Blogs●10,589 Comments
#11
I remember one! idea

Never pass

when on

a slope,

unless you have

a periscope.

Burma Shave

I'd see 'em all the time -
while drivin' around in my little deuce coupe. laugh

cowboy
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miclee
miclee●Perla, North of the Straits of, Florida USA
Dec 4, 2014●344 Blogs●10,589 Comments
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Collect

100 jars,

win a

free trip

to Mars!

Burma Shave

Someone took 'em up on it!
They collected a hundred Burma Shave jars & demanded a trip to Mars.
transport
Burma Shave made good on the offer, too -
an all expense paid trip to La Mars, Iowa! banana

cowboy
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namaron
namaronOP●Seekonk, Massachusetts USA
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Hey Mike Love.....Ill bet in your "Little Deuce Coupe"...you got a lot of "California Girls"..................detective
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namaron
namaronOP●Seekonk, Massachusetts USA
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They still have the "Old Leaning water Tower which is east of Groom Texas Along I 40(Old U S Route 66).........detective
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namaron
namaronOP●Seekonk, Massachusetts USA
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Yes Callie In the years gone bu they have started to give it its recognition once more...Some of Old Route 66 have been designated Scenic Roads and are preserved..........detective
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miclee
miclee●Perla, North of the Straits of, Florida USA
Dec 4, 2014●344 Blogs●10,589 Comments
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Wellll now, younguns...

Before they numbered roads (first done in Wisconsin, as I recollect) they gave 'em catchy names...so folks would drive their horseless carriages along 'em. And spend money.

The Black & Yellow Trail ran from Chicago, thru Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota & Wyoming to the BLACK Hills & YELLOWstone National Park..."...the Mecca of the American toutist." Today, it's US Hwy. 14.

US 14 now has two designations. Rochester, Minnesota to DeSmet, South Dakota is designated "Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway" (the trail the Ingalls family actually travelled West) and Black & Yellow Trail West of DeSmet.

cowboy Yep.
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edison324
edison324●bulgaria, Lancashire, England UK
Dec 5, 2014●45 Blogs●260 Comments
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the only part of route 66 i saw was in a town called barstow not to far from vegas but i was well happy with that,,
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namaron
namaronOP●Seekonk, Massachusetts USA
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Route 66 was also known as "The Will Rodgers Highway".."The Main street of America"..and "Mother Road"..............detective
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namaron
namaronOP●Seekonk, Massachusetts USA
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The song "Route 66 was done by "Nat King Cloe"..".."Perry Como"...The group "Them"(Van Morrison)..And The "Rolling Stones"...And about 40 other Artists...........detective
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namaron
namaronOP●Seekonk, Massachusetts USA
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Newkirk New Mexico flourished in the 30s..It had 4 Service Stations...Restaurants...De Bacas Trading Post,,And afew Cabins here and there...After Route 66 was bypassed it becamse its demise and its Death.....Newkirk still stands there falling apart ever so slowly as the Ghost Town that it is Now.........
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Gentlejim
Gentlejim●unknown, Wisconsin USA
Dec 5, 2014●705 Blogs●4,176 Comments
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I remember driving on old 66 when i first got out of the Marine Corps. Loved it! Lots of truck stops with great food! Loved all of the signs. I have driven it since they made it I-40 a few times. Not the same! The history is lacking!
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Ken_19
Ken_19●Winchester, Virginia USA
Dec 5, 2014●284 Blogs●3,903 Comments
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The same thing happened with Route 11 here and Route 1 further East. Once the Interstates were built for the military (co-opted instantly by everyone else), the businesses on the old Routes died from lack of customers.

Route 40 is also called the National Highway in Maryland. One of the first Westward trails.
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