The last one says it all~
Do You Believe In Giants?
Bill
2012/08/08 14:31:05
Do You Believe In Giants?
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They’re part of the great American road trip—curious artifacts that
startle the eye along the highway: giant oranges, artichokes, cows or
coffee pots whose shape is meant to suggest what they sell. Or sometimes
the shape tells a story, like “What fun it would be to spend the night
in a teepee!” or “Let’s visit Santa in the summertime!” Mostly they’re
relics of a time when food-gas-lodging signs were not standard
interstate equipment, and nationwide chains had not yet homogenized the
roadside landscape. In the first few decades of the 20th century, the
dawn of the automobile age, motoring was an adventure into a countryside
full of regional flavors and anarchic architectural impulses.
startle the eye along the highway: giant oranges, artichokes, cows or
coffee pots whose shape is meant to suggest what they sell. Or sometimes
the shape tells a story, like “What fun it would be to spend the night
in a teepee!” or “Let’s visit Santa in the summertime!” Mostly they’re
relics of a time when food-gas-lodging signs were not standard
interstate equipment, and nationwide chains had not yet homogenized the
roadside landscape. In the first few decades of the 20th century, the
dawn of the automobile age, motoring was an adventure into a countryside
full of regional flavors and anarchic architectural impulses.
Top Opinion
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Chi~Cat 2012/08/08 18:59:03Yes, But Sadly The Golden Days Of America Are A Thing Of The Past
east peoria has this...
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dare i say...
COCK a doodle doo???
What I miss more is that back in the 50's and 60's virtually every town in North America had at least one local eccentric that turned his property into a museum. Whether it was windup toys, military memorabilia, farm equipment, coin operated machines, dinosaur fossils, etc. those were the neetist places in the world to visit.
The last one says it all~