This section of the America on the Move exhibition explores the substance behind the myth of Route 66, telling the stories of real people who made their living on or beside the road and who traveled on the fabled highway.

Concepts

automobiles, cars

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Additional Tags

highways, transportation by automobile, america on the move: the people's highway: route 66: 1930s-1940s, route 66, smithsonian, transportation by roads

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)