Roadside Americana
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Roadside Americana
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This is the original coke machine from the Bent Door Cafe which was built by Robert Harris around 1947. As was typical of Route 66 business owners, (this is the midway point of the mother road), Harris wanted to grab the attention of Route 66 travelers. He purchased an airport control tower from a nearby US Army Air Force base that was selling surplus military items. He integrated the control tower, with its slanted windows, into the corner of the restaurant. To make it even more interesting, he located the front door adjacent to the control tower and added a bend in the door to match the slant of the control tower windows. Thus you have the famous Bent Door Cafe.
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November 6th, 2016
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Comments (15)
Jurgen Lorenzen
Lynn, thank you so much for the feature in the group ROADSIDE!
Jurgen Lorenzen replied:
Kathi, thank you very much for the feature in the group SHOWCASING THE SOUTH AND MID ATLANTIC!
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the βThe Gray Scale Outdoorsβ group on Fine Art America β You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.
Jurgen Lorenzen
Nader, thank you very much for the feature in the group BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY!
Alex Lapidus
Congratulations, your image has been featured in the Mystery group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the 2023 Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page).