The Library of Congress houses the John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive. Recently, the Library of Congress released an ESRI Story Map of photographs in the John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive. I may also utilize the map as a design for having trainees develop their own roadside tourist attractions maps of places in their home states that they may have seen and or taken images of.

The Library of Congress houses the John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive. That archive consists of nearly 12,000 pictures of intriguing roadside destinations all over the United States and eastern Canada. The collection consists of images of things like gasoline station shaped like a dinosaur, windmills that function as ice cream stands, funky mini golf courses, and great deals of neon signs for dining establishments and motels. Just recently, the Library of Congress published an ESRI Story Map of pictures in the John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive. The map is titled Roadside America. You can see the images on an interactive map or simply scroll through some curated collections of images from the collection. I discovered it enjoyable to click on the markers on the map to discover some roadside tourist attractions in my home state as well as others around the country. Prior to you head out on the road to look for them I need to point out that numerous of the pictures are of things that are no longer out on the roadside..
As you click through the Roadside America map you will be able to click-through to the LOC pages that host the images. There you can download the images in numerous sizes. The images are complimentary for re-use. Image record and citation information is offered on each page on which the images are hosted.

Applications for Education.
Roadside America provides a good way for students to find some pieces of Americana present and past. I d use the map as a method to stimulate trainees interest to carry out a little research about a few of these interesting roadside destinations. I might also utilize the map as a design for having students produce their own roadside attractions maps of places in their home states that they might have seen and or taken pictures of.
Featured image credit: Margolies, John, professional photographer. Harolds Auto Center, horizontal view, Sinclair gas station, Route 19, Spring Hill, Florida. Picture. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/2017702118/.