MS 585
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Salaün, Philippe |
| Collection Name: | Philippe Salaun Historic Route 66 Photograph Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1991-1995 |
| Physical Description: | 0.25 linear feet. |
| Abstract: | Black-and-white photographs of businesses, people, automobiles and other scenes taken by French photographer Philippe Salaün along historic Route 66 on visits in 1991 and 1995. Most images were taken in Arizona and New Mexico. |
| Collection Number: | MS 585 |
| Language: | Materials are in English. |
| Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
French photographer, lecturer and master printer, Philippe Salaün specializes in black-and-white portraits and travel scenes including series in Peru, Bolivia, Mali and Viet Nam, as well as these Historic Route 66 scenes.
Approximately fifty black-and-white photographs, taken by Salaün in 1991 and 1995 of scenes along historic Route 66. Includes businesses, automobiles, unique signs and people mainly in Arizona and New Mexico.
Two images show Salaün; one posed with a juke box and another posed with wooden Indian statues. There are views from Kingman, Oatman, Seligman, and Holbrook, Arizona, and Gallup and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Highlights include a Kingman police car, London Bridge at Lake Havasu, street views in Oatman, the interior of a diner in New Mexico, and a view of Cadillac Ranch in Texas. The people photographed are mostly unidentified and include both eccentric and regular people.
There are no restrictions on this collection.
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Philippe Salaün Historic Route 66 Photograph Collection (MS 585). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Processed by Kim Frontz.
| Route 66, 1991-1995 | |||||||||||
| This series is arranged topically. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Route 66 – Automobiles and bridges, 1991-1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Route 66 – Businesses – Arizona, 1991-1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Route 66 – Businesses – New Mexico and Kansas, 1991-1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Route 66 – People and animals – Arizona, 1991-1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Route 66 – People and animals – New Mexico and others, 1991-1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Route 66 – Historic roadside signs, 1991-1995 | |||||||||