Vintage roadside

[dh66]

Here's a not great, but real photo I took of a sure enough vintage roadside attraction. Since 1950, the Frosty Mug has been serving up some excellent hamburgers. The new interstate between Birmingham and Memphis bypassed this place several years ago, but from the size of the crowd there when I visited, it hasn't slowed them down. If you're ever down around Jasper, AL, I would highly recommend it.

 

[tonyb]

Re: those images two posts up …

Realer than real, eh?

I got nothing against it, provided it’s not being misrepresented. Indeed, there’s lots to like about it. Art is often idealized depictions, and always has been.

 

[dh66]

Re: those images two posts up …

Realer than real, eh?

I got nothing against it, provided it’s not being misrepresented. Indeed, there’s lots to like about it. Art is often idealized depictions, and always has been.

Yep. Genuine imitation.

I'm sure everyone reading this thread has seen these images before, and countless others like them. AI is just the latest technology, but there's definitely nothing new going on.

 

[BobHufford]

Wickenburg, Arizona. 1940s.

 

[BobHufford]

We drove by yesterday, but they were closed. Norwood, Missouri.

 

[tonyb]

 

[tonyb]

Somewhere in Oklahoma. 1940, according to the site I lifted this from. This image is so rich it’s almost suspicious, such that I looked into Pop Kola, which I couldn’t recall knowing of before. Yup, Pop Kola was for real, but not in my world.

 

[BobHufford]

Chuck Wagon Cafe, Houston, Missouri, 1960s.

Nowadays:

 

[Frunobulax]

Chuck Wagon Cafe, Houston, Missouri, 1960s.

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Nowadays:

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Man, I'll bet they had great meat loaf.

 

[Bugguy]

LARRIMAH WAYSIDE INN CARAVAN PARK (NT, Australia) - A must stop on the road from Darwin south to Alice Springs. Good camper hook-ups and a first rate aussie bar. ​

That's my camper backed-in on the right (I spent 2 weeks in the outback with it 2004 ).

The inn's noted for the Pink Panther

And, of course you need to get the red dust out of your throat

 

[Bugguy]

A local tourist trap going back to the 30's - I visited it too many times as a kid in the 50's.

Parson's Trading Post (Lake Delton, Wisconsin) a.k.a the Wisconsin Dells