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Title:Old Route 66 Scenes - 1990City/State:Oatman,AZ Continental ChromePublisher:R. WaldmireSize (approx.):4\" x 6\" (10.25 x 15.25 cm)Categories:US State & Town Views/Arizona/Oatman
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Text from card (OCR/Computer Generated, may not be accurate so check the images above):
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QAJPRIJLA JOUST
CACTUS
Burro THEIR
BLDG.
Ume Linte
1551
POETIES
Am III:
SMA
THE RUGGED BLACK MOUNTAINS
STRETCH 100 MILES ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER.
OATMAN NESTLES ON THE WESTERN FLANKS, SUR-
VOLCANIC FORMATIONS, INCLUDING THE \"ELEPHANTS
TOOTH\" (LEFT). THE FERAL BURROS ARE
RIGHT AT HOME HERE.
BARMAN
LM!!
FAIZ
OLD ARIZONA (ALT. 2,400-2,600 FT.)-
BORN IN 1906 AS A TENT CAMP, THIS PICTURESQUE
TOWN FLOURISHED AS A GOLD-MINING CENTER, PRODUCING
OVER $36,000,000 IN GOLD BY 1931 (AT THE 1930 GOLD
PRICE OF $20 PER OUNCE). THE OATMAN REGION REPUTEDLY
HAD A POPULATION OF 15,000-THE TOWN HAD A MOVIE HOUSE,
BANK, NEWSPAPER & REAL ESTATE OFFICES. THE MINES WERE CLOSED
IN 1942 AS \"NON-ESSENTIAL TO THE WAR EFFORT.\" MOST OF THE
BUT THE TOWN SURVIVED BECAUSE
MINING POPULATION MOVED ON
ITS MAIN STREET WAS J. S. 166\"CARRYING THE COUNTRY WEST!\"
THE FINAL BLOW CAME TO BATMAN IN 1951, WHEN TRAFFIC FELL
SILENT, AS THE RIBBON WAS CUT, OPENING THE NEW RT. 66 ALIGNMENT
BETWEEN KINGMAN & TOPOCK LEAVING THE TOWN HIGH & DRY.
BUT THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE TOWN - WITH ITS STAR RESIDENTS\"
THE WILD BURROS, LURE TOURISTS BY THE DROVES, TO SEE SUCH
THINGS AS THE ROOM CAROLE LOMBARD & CLARK GABLE HONEYMOONED LUMBERG
DA
66
TO KINGMAN
Waldmine
by R. Waldmire
OLD ROUTE
66
Scenes!
1990
1990 ROUTE 66 WAS CERTIFIED IN 1926
WHEN THE NATION ADOPTED A NUIMBERED SYSTEM OF CROSS-
COUNTRY, INTER-STATE ROADS. FULLY PAVED BY 1936,
ROUTE 66 BECAME AN IMPORTANT & LEGENDARY
HIGHWAY IMMORTALIZED IN LITERATURE, MUSIC, & ON
TELEVISION. GRADUALLY \"REPLACED BY HUGE HOMOGENEOUS
\"INTERSTATES,\" 66 WAS DECERTIFIED IN 1985, CEASING TO EXIST
OFFICIALLY BUT WELL OVER 80% OF THE OLD ROAD IS
STILL DRIVEABLE SO, TRAVEL BACK IN TIME, & LEAVE
THE STRESS BEHIND ON THE INTERSTATES... AND THEN,
YOU TOO WILL SAY: \"I STILL GET MY KICKS, ON OLD ROUTE 66
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL OLD IS BEAUTIFUL SLOW IS BEAUTIFUL SAFE IS BEAUTIFUL.
SANTA MONICA!
LOS p
ORTMAN
TO POCK
COLORADO COLD. GRANDE
ARIZ. NM.
Desert
Painted
Petrified BOX 110,
R.R. small>
still the best way west!
TAKE OLD
66ALMOST ALL THE WAY!
MAIN STREET,USA- WEATHER FORD on 66)
ARCADIA
EDMOND
OXLAHOMA CITY
EAST ST. LOUIS
Mississippi R
1990... PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLED
STOCK
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