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Cloud Gate, Anish Kapoor, 2006
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July 2019 - Edited and Uploaded 2021/03/25
About five months ago, I was at my local forest preserve just before sunset. As I was leaving, I noticed a raccoon exiting this hole in the tree. Every time I went back to this preserve, I would always check this tree for activity, with no luck. Yesterday, I was there in search of butterflies. About thirty minutes before sunset, I decided to leave, but not before checking this tree again. I set up about twenty feet away from the hole and waited. It was getting pretty dark, and I was just about ready to give up when this guy poked his head out. I got one shot before he quickly retreated. Kane County, Illinois
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Standing 19 feet tall and clutching a giant hot dog, this Paul "Bunyon" statue, is one of Route 66’s mythic Muffler Man Statues.
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Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack in American and Canadian folklore. His exploits revolve around the tall tales of his superhuman labors. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan)
During the heydays of Rt 66, travellers passed hundreds of signs, murals and other forms of roadside advertising. Among the more famous stood the fiberglass giants created during the 1960s by International Fiberglass of Venice, California.
In 1965 one of these giants was placed in front of a restaurant on Rt 66 in Cicero, Illinois, and the original axe was swapped for a hot dog. After this place closed, thanks to the Illinois Route 66 Association, this giant has been moved in 2003 to Atlanta, as a route 66 icon.
(From the board next to the giant, in Atlanta)
Santa Fe 663 east takes the crossover from one to two. We're in calm and quiet downtown Stronghurst, Illinois on October 07, 1994. Twas a great time to be round these parts...
PCC 452 is entering the yard @ Granite City, Il. April 1957.
Kodachrome my collection, photographer unknown.