Gas Stations. From today’s monthly newsletter, which was about 200 years of photography and social change, and then I mixed it up with gas stations. Im not quite sure why….but I did. Perhaps because Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer and that often means road trips. Gas stations have certainly changed with time…from full service […]
I don’t have a big story for you about this place. It is an abandoned and destroyed gas station on Route 66, Conway, Texas. That’s all I got.
The railroad tracks that run through the reservation are a reminder of the effects of modernity and how the indigenous peoples have been disrespected. The tracks were first laid in 1855, across 22 acres of the Pamunkey reservation, without permission from the Pamunkey and with no compensation to the Pamunkey for this unsolicited and unwanted use of their land.
“The Great Valley,” one of the few natural openings in the marl cliffs of Yorktown. It was used as the main roadway to connect the harbor to the main street, about a city block up the hill. Slaves would be herded up the hill to the slave market on Main Street.
What is: The Yorktown, Virginia waterfront, fishing pier. A Naval ship headed out to sea. What was: We mostly know of Yorktown as being the location of the last major conflict in the Revolutionary War. However, in the 18th Century Yorktown’s waterfront was a major harbor — the center of commerce. In 1691, Yorktown was […]
What is: The American flag on the house and truck panels. What was: Sitting at the side of the road on route 66, todays SUV’s heritage can be traced back to the panel truck, like this one. In 1917, nine years after the first Model T, Ford introduced their first truck based on the Model […]
What is: A Hilton hotel and apartment building in the place of a once pioneering retail flagship store and HQ. What was: Begun as a dry good shop by Mr. Miller and Mr. Rhoads in 1888, Miller and Rhoads became an iconic department store that once stretched an entire street block and left an indelible […]
This store has everything! Ashtrays, fireworks, keychains, ham, bacon, sausage, peanuts. Everything imaginable gift and trinket you can think of. It has character.
I have no big story…an abandoned gas station and sign near Conway, Texas along Route 66.
The Frisco Pier in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. There were complications with the insurance company. Damaged not destroyed.