With each map, brochure, diary, or photograph we learn more about the highway—what it looked like, who used it, what it was like to drive it.
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Location:
California Route 66 Museum
16825 South D Street
Victorville, CA 92395
Phone:
760-951-0436
Web site: California Route 66 Museum
Institution Type: Museum, Archive
Collections
Description: History of Route 66 (United States Highway 66), Transportation, Highway or Interstate building, Automobiles/Automobile industry, Roadside architecture, Local history, demographics, businesses, industry, and government, Commerce/Chamber of Commerce, Tourism, Historic Preservation, Native Americans/American Indian Lands or reservations, Route 66 and the military, Dustbowl/Migrant camps, Great Depression, Images of California and Route 66, Signage on Route 66, Arts (music, fine arts, etc.)
Regions Covered: Entire Route 66
Type of Materials: Archives, Photographs, Booster and tourist brochures and pamphlets, Diaries/Travel Journals, Oral histories, Maps, Postcards, Drawings, Scrapbooks, Newspaper clippings, Personal and Family Papers
Time Periods: 19th and 20th centuries
Access
Facility Hours:
Monday, Thursday-Saturday 10AM-4PM, Sunday 11AM-3PM, Tuesday-Wednesday by appointment
Online Resources and Finding Aids: