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Box 1

 Container

Contains 36 Results:

Early Illinois Highways, 1912-2007

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Includes newspaper articles, photos, and maps about the construction of the first paved highways in Illinois beginning in the 1910s and continuing through the 1930s.

Dates: Created: 1912-2007

Annual Report [of the] Springfield Area Transportation Study, [by the Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission], 1977

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection of items relating to U.S. Highway 66 was collected by Ron Peddicord from 1991 to 2012. Items in the collection include guidebooks, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, postcards, maps, brochures, photographs, license plates, and various artifacts associated with the people, businesses, roadside attractions, and events along Route 66 in Illinois and other states, but more specifically in Sangamon County, Illinois. Also included are general items about other Illinois...
Dates: Created: 1977

Automobiles, 1912-ca. 2009

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents

This folder contains various print items relating to automobiles and car culture in the U.S.

Dates: Created: 1912-ca. 2009

Route 66: The Mother Road, by Michael Wallis, 1990

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents

The definitive state-by-state illustrated guide to Route 66 and its history, motels, diners, roadside attractions, natural scenery, and its people. A circulating copy is in the General Collection on Level 4, classed F595.3 .W351990.

Dates: Created: 1990

A Guide Book to Highway 66, by Jack D. Rittenhouse, 1946 (1989 Reprint)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents

Facsimile of the 1946 first edition.

Dates: Created: 1946 (1989 Reprint)

The Route 66 Traveler's Guide and Roadside Companion, by Tom Snyder, 1990

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection of items relating to U.S. Highway 66 was collected by Ron Peddicord from 1991 to 2012. Items in the collection include guidebooks, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, postcards, maps, brochures, photographs, license plates, and various artifacts associated with the people, businesses, roadside attractions, and events along Route 66 in Illinois and other states, but more specifically in Sangamon County, Illinois. Also included are general items about other Illinois...
Dates: Created: 1990

Route 66 in Springfield, by Cheryl Eichar Jett, 2010

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents

Part of the Images of America series published by Arcadia Publishing. This book contains nearly 200 black and white historic photos of places in Springfield and Sangamon County.

Dates: Created: 2010

Route 66: Remnants, by Patricia R. Buckley, 1988

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection of items relating to U.S. Highway 66 was collected by Ron Peddicord from 1991 to 2012. Items in the collection include guidebooks, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, postcards, maps, brochures, photographs, license plates, and various artifacts associated with the people, businesses, roadside attractions, and events along Route 66 in Illinois and other states, but more specifically in Sangamon County, Illinois. Also included are general items about other Illinois...
Dates: Created: 1988

Maps, 1966-1998

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection of items relating to U.S. Highway 66 was collected by Ron Peddicord from 1991 to 2012. Items in the collection include guidebooks, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, postcards, maps, brochures, photographs, license plates, and various artifacts associated with the people, businesses, roadside attractions, and events along Route 66 in Illinois and other states, but more specifically in Sangamon County, Illinois. Also included are general items about other Illinois...
Dates: Created: 1966-1998

Tom Teague, 1991-2007

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection of items relating to U.S. Highway 66 was collected by Ron Peddicord from 1991 to 2012. Items in the collection include guidebooks, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, postcards, maps, brochures, photographs, license plates, and various artifacts associated with the people, businesses, roadside attractions, and events along Route 66 in Illinois and other states, but more specifically in Sangamon County, Illinois. Also included are general items about other Illinois...
Dates: Created: 1991-2007