Vintage roadside

[Ghostsoldier]

It's good to be the king.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

World's Largest.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

He looks like a guy who would buy a bag full.

Rob

 

[Frunobulax]

He looks like a guy who would buy a bag full.

Rob

Or two.

 

[Fading Fast]

He looks like a guy who would buy a bag full.

Rob

Two, one for the car ride home, one for later.

Edit add: I see Frunobulax beat me to it.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

It looks like he's holding an address marker (or something) in his hands?

Rob

 

[Fading Fast]

It looks like he's holding an address marker (or something) in his hands?

Rob

I think you're right, but now is when @LizzieMaine will come in and explain to us what it is in detail.

 

[BobHufford]

This was on a four-lane section of Route 66 (now I-44) near Marshfield, Missouri. Missouri’s Historic Highways Facebook page states: “Kermit and Letha Lowery wanted to make sure that travelers remembered the name of the cafe they opened in 1952 on US between Conway and Marshfield. So they named it the Garbage Can. The place was known for its little round pies, a recipe Letha inherited from the Harris Cafe in Conway. The Garbage Can closed in 1973 and the building is crumbling off I-44 at Exit 107.”

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Nehi.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

I use the Tapatalk app to post images, but it's been down since last weekend... I'm hoping that they get the problem fixed, as navigating the web forums is difficult on my smartphone.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Big can.

 

[Fading Fast]

View attachment 210930 Big can.

Not only would the Fading Fasts have done a full U-turn if that's what it took to get there, but we'd have wasted several shots of, in those days, expensive film to catch stupid pics of us smiling out front.

 

[dh66]

Same here. I'm a sucker for this kind of salesmanship.

Not only would the Fading Fasts have done a full U-turn if that's what it took to get there, but we'd have wasted several shots of, in those days, expensive film to catch stupid pics of us smiling out front.

 

[BobHufford]

Royal Oak, Missouri

 

[Ghostsoldier]

HoJos.

Rob

 

[Fading Fast]

HoJos. Rob

If you are of a certain age, this pic just screams childhood road trip.

 

[Frunobulax]

If you are of a certain age, this pic just screams childhood road trip.

And fried clams.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Halfway to Boston. Go to the bathroom, get an ice cream, and keep rolling.

 

[Fading Fast]

Halfway to Boston. Go to the bathroom, get an ice cream, and keep rolling.

When I was old enough to go in myself, we'd pull in, my dad would give me money and stay in the car, tell me what kind of ice-cream he wanted, my mom would say what she wanted, then my dad told me to get whatever ice-cream I wanted and, as I was walking away from the car, I'd hear a "and bring me all the change."

Never once in my life did I short or keep change from my dad - that was way, way out of bounds in my house - but still, the "and bring me all the change" line came out every single time.

I'd come back to the car, hand him the change (he'd count it), give him his ice-cream (which my mom would hold till he got us back on the highway), gave my mom hers, hopped in the back and away we went.

 

[BobHufford]

Albany, NY.