We had the baby boom. And then everybody got a brandnew car. Cars were made again and we had to show or family where we trained at the great lakes or down in oklahoma or out in texas or in california, and people took to the road. And the wartime blended right into peacetime into the great long heyday of route 66. The late 40s, throughout the 50s, 60s, even into the 70s. Even after president eisenhower in 1956 signed actually the death warrant for the road, the interstate highway act which led to the creation of five interstate highways that tried to take route 66s place from chicago to santa monica. But it wasnt until the mid 1980s that the last shields went down. Thats when the decertification was complete. The federal shields were down. Now we had the interstates, 55 and 44 and 40 and 15 and 10. And route 66 went into a bit of a limbo. Its so many things that is the road is so many things. Much more than just the physical road itself. For many people its not for many people. Its nost
Here in what becomes the United States. As a lifelong collector of the arts archives, an tlo pa logical items gilcrease was continually adding to the collection and by the early 1950s his collecting was on an upward trajectory. Unfortunately for him the price of oil was sinking, singing down to the point that eventually he was a little bit upside down. That he owed money and there was the real threat that he would have to sell part of his collection to cover the debts to pay off the debts. And in 1954 some forwardthinking tulsans understanding the collection put together a city wide bond issue to help pay the private debts through public funds. The only time im aware of where a Community Came together the help pay off private debt to save an institution they held very dear in the community. The bond issue wu put to a vote of the public. It was passed by over two thirds of tul sans wanting to help save this precious asset institution. And as a result over time, Thomas Gilcrease will giv
We had the baby boom. And then everybody got a brandnew car. Cars were made again and we had to show or family where we trained at the great lakes or down in oklahoma or out in texas or in california, and people took to the road. And the wartime blended right into peacetime into the great long heyday of route 66. The late 40s, throughout the 50s, 60s, even into the 70s. Even after president eisenhower in 1956 signed actually the death warrant for the road, the interstate highway act which led to the creation of five interstate highways that tried to take route 66s place from chicago to santa monica. But it wasnt until the mid 1980s that the last shields went down. Thats when the decertification was complete. The federal shields were down. Now we had the interstates, 55 and 44 and 40 and 15 and 10. And route 66 went into a bit of a limbo. Its so many things that is the road is so many things. Much more than just the physical road itself. For many people its not for many people. Its nost
Here in what becomes the United States. As a lifelong collector of the arts archives, an tlo pa logical items gilcrease was continually adding to the collection and by the early 1950s his collecting was on an upward trajectory. Unfortunately for him the price of oil was sinking, singing down to the point that eventually he was a little bit upside down. That he owed money and there was the real threat that he would have to sell part of his collection to cover the debts to pay off the debts. And in 1954 some forwardthinking tulsans understanding the collection put together a city wide bond issue to help pay the private debts through public funds. The only time im aware of where a Community Came together the help pay off private debt to save an institution they held very dear in the community. The bond issue wu put to a vote of the public. It was passed by over two thirds of tul sans wanting to help save this precious asset institution. And as a result over time, Thomas Gilcrease will giv
All weekend, American History tv is featuring tulsa oklahoma. Tulsa was an Oil Boom Town in the early 20th entry. The rise in economic wealth led to the construction of elaborate art deco structures in the citys downtown. Hosted by our cox cable partners, cspans city tours staff recently visited many sites showcasing the citys history. Learn more about tulsa all weekend here on American History tv. Dolph i think and support to remember that the official title of our museum is the institute of American History and art, and what he was doing the Thomas Gill Kreis institute of American History and art. What he wanted to do was be able to amass a collection that would tell the story of the americans not just United States of america, but material from northern canada, what today is alaska down through canada, what does become the united dates, central america, and south america. We cans be to the history of all of these americas through these different components of this election. His name