On one of my adventures out driving around the country looking for my “Vanishing American Icons”, I was driving down Route 66 in Arizona. The section of 66 had been turned into Interstate for a large section in Arizona, but I noticed a small town on the old road map I was using as reference. …
Molly’s was a HollywoodCalifornia landmark that few folks really knew about. It’s is an out-of-way location, but has been used in several movies. It’s an old hamburger stand with no seating, but had survived the modernization of most cites until recently. The fact that it is on the Hollywood Walk-of Fame made it even more …
Hopkins Ferry was a wonderful find while exploring Onancock on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. This store was the ticket office for the steamers that ran from the Eastern Shore up to Baltimore and New York. The original ticket office is still in the store. I concentrated on the old counter with all the old …
Who hasn’t, as a child, remembered running after the ringing bell of an ice cream truck. I came upon these two old metropolitan ice cream trucks in Chicqueteaque, VA. There was a quick‑moving fog bank rolling in behind the building. By the time I had taken the picture and reloaded the camera, you could not read …
While traveling around the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the byways led to many finds in my search for the “icons”. The Exmore Diner was such a find. Located on the business bypass of Rt. 13, it is well off the main highway these days, but was once on the main road through the Eastern Shore. …
I found these wonderful crop dusters off Rt. 13 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The owner had just uncovered one of the planes in preparation for the day’s work. I photographed the planes using a yellow filter to enhance the brilliant sky and fast‑moving clouds that I was lucky enough to have as a …
This photo was taken from the gangplank of the old Oklahoma City Stockyards. There was this wonderful classic cowboy walking down the walkway, looking very “James Dean” in his white shirt and dark blue jeans. He even had the classic swagger to his gate. The old stockyards are not used much anymore, as the main …
Rt. 58 , that runs along the bottom of Virginia’s border with North Carolina, has always been one of my favorite routes to drive. There are all kind of great places and side roads to get lost on and finds wonderful “icons” by the roadside. While on a weekend drive, I came upon this ice cream …
This diner sits in Hollywood, California on the site of the original Hollywood Diner. The original diner was destroyed in an earthquake, but was rebuilt. The reconstruction used some of the original diner items. The photo shows some of the peculiarities of long-exposure photography. Notice that the fellow sitting at the bar has no head! …
So many of the places I photographed have “vanished” into the landscape of memories now, but some have managed to hang in there. The Garden Drive-In is one of those. Still operating in the season as a drive-in and making some extra coin as a flea market on Sundays, this classic car hump is still …