Vintage roadside

[Ghostsoldier]

It's amazing that it's still there. [emoji846]

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

The Olympia.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

The motherload!

https://boingboing.net/2019/09/03/vanishing-highway-architec.html

Rob

 

[dh66]

The motherload!

https://boingboing.net/2019/09/03/vanishing-highway-architec.html

Rob

That's awesome! I have several of his books. All are packed full of stuff I like to see.

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[Frunobulax]

 

[Ghostsoldier]

35-cent dinner.

Rob

 

[Fading Fast]

35-cent dinner.

Rob

I know where I'm going while they fix my car.

 

[3fingers]

35-cent dinner.

Rob

My wife has a little diary that her great aunt kept on their first trip to Florida in the mid '30s. One of the things she mentioned was that they ate really well for a quarter a meal, but Harry wanted to splurge a couple of times and he'd spent 40 cents.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I think I'll have a hamburg for lunch today.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

[emoji3][emoji3]

Rob

 

[Zombie_61]

I think I'll have a hamburg for lunch today.

I would too if I could find someone who would sell me one for 5¢. Hell, I'd splurge and have two!

 

[ChiTownScion]

As our friend Crumb noted:

 

[LizzieMaine]

Dig in, boys.

 

[Frunobulax]

Miamisburg, Ohio

1913

Today

Good burgers.

 

[Fading Fast]

Dig in, boys.

Which one of these items doesn't quite fit.

Don't get me wrong, even though I've never had one, I'm sure I'd enjoy a banana fritter, but it isn't what I would have guessed would have been the third item on that sign.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Same here... banana fritters don't sound all that appetizing. [emoji1785]

Rob

 

[Frunobulax]

Same here... banana fritters don't sound all that appetizing. [emoji1785]

Rob

I've had fried plantains. I'd imagine it would be a sweeter version, but similar.

 

[3fingers]

Dig in, boys.

Hard to beat an egg sammich. I keep a couple of local hens busy providing them for my breakfast nearly every morning.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Egg sandwiches were a major fast-food item in the early 20th century. The New England favorite was called a "trilby," made up of a fried egg and a thick slice of onion served on a bulkie roll and slathered in ketchup. A house specialty at the Waldorf Lunch cafeteria chain.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Egg sandwiches were a major fast-food item in the early 20th century. The New England favorite was called a "trilby," made up of a fried egg and a thick slice of onion served on a bulkie roll and slathered in ketchup. A house specialty at the Waldorf Lunch cafeteria chain.

That actually sounds pretty tasty.

Rob