Teepee Amoco Station, Lawrence, Kansas, 1977
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Artifact Overview
In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Slide (Photograph)
Subject Date
1977
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2013.150.148
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Chromogenic processes
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in
Inscriptions
at top on slide mount:
Teepee Amoco Sta / 1927 / Lawrence, Ks / @1977
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