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Dimensions2942 x 4126
Original file size12.6 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spaceAdobe RGB (1998)
Date taken7-Sep-10 10:56
Date modified5-Jan-11 18:17
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Camera makePlustek
Camera modelOpticFilm 7200i
HARLEY AT STANDARD STATION (Rt 66 Odell IL)

HARLEY AT STANDARD STATION (Rt 66 Odell IL)

Two classics got together, by happenstance, for this shot. The windshield is on a 100th anniversary Harley-Davidson motorcycle owned by a Pennsylvania couple. This is just how they parked it, framing a classic 1932 Standard gas station and its lone gravity-pump.

The original two-lane version of Rt 66 is just out of view here in Odell IL, about 80 miles south of Chicago.

The station, in near-ruins a few years ago, has been lovingly restored by the town of 1000, and is now a major tourist attraction. Enough so that the couple from Pennsylvania spent quite some time inside. Then they were off again on the big Harley--bound for California on vacation--and planning to take Rt 66 as much as possible.

(This image is on display at the Route 66 Interpretive Center, Chandler OK.)