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None of these historic photographs have been cleared for open publication, but students and others with a special interest in the road may download them for scholarly or personal use only.

These classic images were contributed by Arizona Historical Society, Flagstaff; AASHTO; Don Bonano; Illinois DOT; Portland Cement Company; James R. Powell; Tom Snyder;

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Main Street (US 66) in Bloomington, IL (1939)

South of Edwardsville, IL (1922)

Roadside stands like Elva’s on Foothill in Fontana once dotted Route 66 (1942)

Route 66, freshly oiled but as yet unpaved, east of Flagstaff (1933)

Ruby Street and Broadway in Joliet, IL (1935)

Same area in Joliet, IL sixty years later (1995)

Log City, south of Rescue, MO – tourist camp and diner (c. 1935)

McLean County, IL. Route 4 through Towanda (1925)

Flagstaff’s Museum Club was once the Dean Eldredge Museum (c. 1927)

South 6th Street, Springfield, IL (1938)

Warning signs - note the stop sign was in yellow (1926)