Remembering Roadside America: Preserving the Recent Past as Landscape and Place

310 Pages·2011·4.84 MB·English

by  John A. Jakle, Keith A. Sculle

John A. Jakle ~and~ Keith A. Sculle
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE P R ESS / K NOXVIL LE
Remembering
ROADSIDE AMERICA
Preserving the Recent Past
as Landscape and Place
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Copyright © 2011 by The University of Tennessee Press / Knoxville.
All Rights Reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America.
First Edition.
Images are from the authors’ collections unless otherwise indicated.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jakle, John A.
Remembering roadside America: preserving the recent past as landscape and place /
John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN-13: 978-1-57233-833-3
eISBN-10: 1-57233-833-4
1. Historic sites—Conservation and restoration—United States.
2. Historic buildings—Conservation and restoration—United States.
3. Roadside architecture—Conservation and restoration—United States.
4. Landscape architecture—Conservation and restoration—United States.
5. Material culture—Conservation and restoration—United States.
6. Historic preservation—United States.
7. Museum techniques—United States.
8. Landscape protection—United States.
9. United States—Description and travel.
10. United States—History, Local.
I. Sculle, Keith A.
II. Title.
E159.J25 2011
363.6ˇ90973—dc23
2011029286
For Cindy and Tracey
CONTENTS
Preface  xv
Acknowledgments  xxiii
1. The Journey Begins  1
2. Observing Roadside America  29
3. Learning from Roadside America  61
4. Preserving Roads and Roadsides  95
5. Historical Museums and Roadside America  133
6. Experiencing the Past as Landscape and Place  171
7. The Road Continues  209
Appendix  233
Notes  237
Index  273
ILLUSTRATIONS
1.1. Header for “The Great American Roadside”  2
1.2. U.S. 30 at Breezewood, PA, 1988  3
1.3. Dodge Road near 108th Street, Omaha, NE, 1992  5
1.4. Dodge Road near 108th Street, Omaha, 1999  6
1.5. Pavement on the Former Lincoln Highway, West of Omaha, 1989  7
1.6. Vacant Roadside Businesses, Williamstown, KY, 1996  13
1.7. Gasoline Sign, Commerce, GA, 2007  14
1.8. Vacant Gasoline Station, Santa Rosa, NM, 2008  15
1.9. Derelict Highway Cafe, Cecil, OH, 1999  16
1.10. New Restaurant under Construction, Champaign, IL, 1995  17
1.11. West Street, Annapolis, MD, 2006  18
2.1. Rural Road in Illinois, 1915  34
2.2. Postcard View of Lincoln Highway, West of Laurel Mountain in
Pennsylvania, c. 1915  35
2.3. Hardware Store with Gasoline Pump at Dewart, PA, c. 1915  37
2.4. Main Street Business District, Wadena, MN, c. 1925  38
2.5. Eighth Street, Coffeyville, KS, c. 1925  39
2.6. Highway U.S. 50, East of Laurel Mountain in West Virginia, c. 1925  39
2.7. Gilmore Family Gas Station, Leroy, IL, 1940  41
2.8. Gilmore Family  42
2.9. Mid-Continental Petroleum Company Roadmap, c. 1940  44
2.10. Advertising Blotter, Dixie Tourist Camp, Kingstree, SC, c. 1925  45
2.11. Advertising Postcard, Trumbull Motel, Troy, MO, c. 1950  46
2.12. Advertising Postcard, B. Lloyd’s Pecan Service Stations, c. 1947  47
2.13. Cartoon Parodying Highway Advertising Signs  49