Does anyone have any ideas where to search for photos and information about old truck stops? I have posted some questions here about some stops and T/A information and have received info from a few drivers. I am currently talking with a gentleman from T/A about info on the old Truck Stops of America listings before they were changed to Travel Centers. It's not easy trying to find information or photos of the truck stops from the late 1960's-1970's. Any information or leads would be of the utmost importance to me. Thanks drivers and I hope you all have a safe and Merry Christmas as I'm bored in retirement after 44 years and 3 million highway miles.
Old Long Ago Truck Stops
Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by navypoppop, Dec 18, 2014.
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Hi navypoppop, 1st, welcome aboard. The best place I've found is Hank's Truck Picture's. The website is a little hard to navigate( Hank himself apologized to me, saying the site grew too fast) I think you have to sign up as a member, but the old time truck pics and truckstops are great. http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/
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There is a group on FACEBOOK that posts a lot of pictures / info on the old truck stops < I will get the link for you but if you miss the STUPID side of truck stops check this one out (You do not need to be a member on FACEBOOK to view this one) https://www.facebook.com/PeopleOfTruckstops
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The documentary style book "Trucker" by Jane Stern is still available on Amazon. Chapter six "His Truck Stop" is thirty pages of interior photos and descriptions of conditions which would be dumps today. The author begins with a place known as "Red Ace" on route 100 wherever that is. Mass 10, Naked City, and Weenieville (Durham, Connecticut) have their pages in the book. "There is something magic happening in broken-down Weenieville that is destroyed under the neon lights of the big truck complexes. As Nancy dishes out chipped beef on toast or calls out for an order of cackles on a raft, she is center stage."
http://www.amazon.com/Trucker-portr...8915747&sr=1-1&keywords=Trucker+by+Jane+Stern"semi" retired Thanks this. -
Anybody that's ever been to the "Stockyard's 76" off Ashland ave.( I think) in Chicago (gone now) knows what a truckstop of yesterday was all about. ( scary place) I've been to some great little "mom and pop" truckstops year ago, some, no more than a restaurant with a big parking lot, that had the most delicious food, free thermos refills for driver's, it was a great time to be a trucker. The "Hill" in Slinger, Wis, The "Moasis" in Little Chute, Wis., the Lake Mills Truckstop, in Lake Mills, Wis.( who I knew the owner personally, and he took it over from his dad in the '60's, it's still there, but not the same) just to name a few. Man, that was a different time.
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Semi Retired, tell me about the Stockyards 76. Would love to know since I'm from Chicago.
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http://hankstruckforum.com/htforum/index.php?topic=42490.0
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Now here's a real winner : Naked City Truckstop, Roselawn, Indiana - waitresses let it all hang out.
Another good one : Pantyhose Junction, Dunnigan, CA
Google has info on both of these old truckstops.TruckDuo Thanks this. -
[QUOTE="semi" retired;4372349]Hi navypoppop, 1st, welcome aboard. The best place I've found is Hank's Truck Picture's. The website is a little hard to navigate( Hank himself apologized to me, saying the site grew too fast) I think you have to sign up as a member, but the old time truck pics and truckstops are great. [/QUOTE]"semi" retired, tell us about your favorite truckstop, "Naked City Truckstop" where you used to "hang out."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le2bPRGvKXELast edited: Dec 18, 2014
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