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Honk for Service, by Lou Ellen McGinley
Spotlight on Honk for Service This week’s Roadside Reads and Reels spotlight is on Honk for Service by Lou Ellen McGinley. This one caught my eye after I learned it included the story of the old Parkmoor restaurants, which once had a strong presence in the St. Louis area. I tracked down a copy and
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Route 66’s Soulsby Shell Station: Still Standing in Mount Olive, IL
A Station Steeped in History The Soulsby Shell Station in Mount Olive, Illinois, isn’t just a vintage gas stop. It’s a national treasure. Built in 1926 by Henry Soulsby after an injury ended his mining career, the station rose on what was about to become Route 66. Its classic “house-with-canopy” design blended with the town.
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- American Photographs by Walker Evans (Museum of Modern Art)
- The Abandoned Security State Bank of Mounds, Illinois
- The Great American Retro Road Trip by Rolando Pujol
- Lesterville, Missouri General Store, More Than a Dot on the Map
- Route 66: The Mother Road by Michael Wallis
- Route 66’s Soulsby Shell Station: Still Standing in Mount Olive, IL
- Honk for Service, by Lou Ellen McGinley
- Neon Ghost on the Forgotten 66 – Nite Spot Café, Fairmont City, IL
- Finding Vivian Maier, a film by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
