Standing on 'The Corner' by junge1

Photography • Historical • posted on Mar 10, 2009

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Standing on 'The Corner' in Winslow, Arizona. This is the famous 'Route 66' - US 66. For decades this route was the main East-West highway through the central United States. This route was used by Oklahomans during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl Days of the 1930's to migrate west to California. It was made famous by John Steinbeck's book 'The Grapes of Wrath' and the subsequent 1940 movie of the same title directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda. Route US 66 fell into disuse after the building of Interstate 40 in the 1960's. But there are still some fabulous stretches of this classic route in Arizona, especially between Seligman and Kingman. This picture was taken on 22 February 2009. Thank you for viewing and commenting on my uploads and a special 'Thank you' to those that may have added some of them to their favs, Sig...

Comments (37)

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lyron

2:53AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Good information and wonderful shot!!!

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PIERRE25

3:22AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Jolie capture pour une belle photo!

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jeroni

4:26AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Splendid composition and colors my friend

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tetsu-pino

4:38AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Excellent capture!!!

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durleybeachbum

5:39AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Fascinating!

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casmindo

6:07AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

This is a good picture and shows Sig has been on the road again!

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timtripp

6:20AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of memorabilia. EXCELLENT PHOTO!

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danob

6:28AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Some very cool history there Sig!! Some favourites of mine..

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bmac62

7:04AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Sig, you did a great job on your filmology as far as you went but you missed listing the TV program most watched in the early 60s..."Route 66", starring Martin Milner and George Maharis, their Corvette and featureing the theme song with the words, "Come along for the ride and get your kicks on Route 66."

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flavia49

8:47AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Very nice! a great road and a great trip: people and landscapes are priceless!

lucindawind

8:56AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

VERY cool !

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flora-crassella

9:32AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

cool image!!!!!

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fredster66

9:33AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Very interesting Sig with a nice POV!

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sandra46

9:34AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

ROUTE 66 IS MYTHICAL! AND i ESPECIALLY LOVE THOSE SHOPS YOU CAN FIND IN THE WEST (OF THE USA)!!!

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annie5

10:52AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Very nice place..great capture Sig! :)

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beachzz

11:03AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

"Watching all the girls go by"---great shot of this classic scene. When I was a kid, we lived in Phoenix and every summer drove to California. This was before Interstate 10 was built and we went thru all kinds of towns just like this. Thanks for the memory!!

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virginiese

11:43AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

love the atmosphere of this picture. It reminds me my vacations in Arizona :-)

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kgb224

12:07PM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Excellent capture my friend.

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flaviok

2:44PM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Excelente, captura magnifica, aplausos (5)

duncanoooo

4:38PM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Great capture, but you did not give props to the Eagles for singing about standing on the corner in Winslow Arizona.....

MrsLubner

5:20PM | Tue, 10 March 2009

I saw the turn off to Winslow but missed it... But it was a fast travel day out to Flagstaff and back. :-) Now I'm sorry I missed it. Great shot.

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DennisReed

6:02PM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Absolutely fantastic capture, and interesting place. I have only heard of it through the Eables song, Take it easy, and had no idea it was a real place, or thet it was on route 66! Bravo & Thanks

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junge1

6:19PM | Tue, 10 March 2009

@duncanoooo. Duncan I have never heard of the Eagles!

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Minda

7:48PM | Tue, 10 March 2009

great info and i really like this place sig superb shot!!

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Richardphotos

8:34PM | Tue, 10 March 2009

I traveled the old route 66 before any interstate was open and it took a long time to get to CA.recently I stopped and ate just real close to this store. some real memorabilia and superb capture

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renecyberdoc

12:53AM | Wed, 11 March 2009

you really catched the right spirit here,pioneering a bit. and i see on the comments that you brought some joy to tha people,and that is more fantastic than the shot in itself although it is a great one.5++

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