Thoughts and Works in Progress

Lorraine Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee

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What is: the original signage at the Lorraine hotel before it became the motel. During the creation of the National Civil Rights Museum in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the original hotel building was renovated to include reminders of…

Club Cafe, Santa Rosa, NM

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What is: all that is left were the signs at the side of the road. What was: Opened in 1935, as the Santa Rosa stretch of Route 66 was completed, The Club Café was a staple of the early Route 66. It had a blue-tiled frontage and smiling…

Rio Pecos Ranch Truck Terminal

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The truck terminal dated back to the heyday of Route 66 in the early 1960s, maybe as early as 1955. The neon wheels, the cowboy truck driver, and his animated hand waved during its heyday.

Powhatan Mound and Railroad Tracks,

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The railroad tracks running across the Powhatan mound were first laid in 1855, across 22 acres of the Pamunkey reservation, without permission

Seed Shed, Drew Mississippi

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This barn is the location where Emmett Till was beaten and, most likely, murdered.

Mose Wright’s Home where Emmett Till was Kidnapped, Money, MS

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Emmett Till was kidnapped from the location seen in the historic image. It no longer exists. The image Im sharing is about half a mile from the original location.