The Rise & Fall of The Great American Motel - Route 66
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- When people around the globe think of the American highway system, images of motels along Route 66 is often what comes to mind. These motels were typically family-owned and operated. Bringing with them a certain kind of kitsch and charm that made its way deep into the American culture. Increasingly these icons are being abandoned, repurposed, or being demolished. With that in mind, I would like to take a moment to reflect on how these icons of American innovation came to be and eventually fell from favor.
Like all innovation, Motels were created out of necessity. One that began on October 1, 1908, when Henry Ford unleashed his Model-T on the American market. Thanks to his innovation of the assembly line; he was able to offer the Model-T for the shockingly low price of $360. For the first time, the American working class could afford a vehicle and they were hungry to explore their vast country. And this group was growing daily, by 1914 Ford had sold half a million cars. With the advent of Ford’s “Tin Lizzie” car the pace of sales increased. So much so that by 1927 they comprised half of the cars on the road. By this time Mr. Ford had sold over 15 million automobiles
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Thank you for the gorgeous footage.
Monte Vista, CO is the home to the Best Western Movie Manor; a motel with an attached Drive-In Movie theatre. One can watch the movie from the comfort of their own motel room.
I really appreciate it! I will have to check out that motel and drive-in! Drive ins are so enjoyable and something we all should support.
All the best ✌️❤️
Excellent! Despite the decay of this place, I found it a charming reminder of a motel in Colorado on the Eastern Slope of the Rockies, where I rented a 3-room and bath unit for a couple of months in 1970. While I washed dishes in the sink I could look out a window to the vista of a mountain wall, watching it change from autumn to winter. I'd earlier ('late '60s) spent some pleasant nights in Mom & Pop motels that were comfortable enough to keep me from watching Dan Bell's disgusting "Another Dirty Room" series. This one looks similar to the one where I lived in Colorado, which was winterized and rented by the month---at reasonable rates, I might add. Thanks for the information, some of which I hand't known, as well as taking me back to more relaxed times.
Great to see you again! I am glad I was able to bring back relaxing memories and some new information. I just checked out the video series you mentioned. It reminds me of a dateline series that ran in the 90s. And yes I also found it disgusting (yet interesting) Thanks for joining us and best wishes!
So interesting thanks 😊
Thanks again for joining us! I am glad you enjoyed this video. I honestly appreciate your support.
Interesting, Douglas Derelict Delicata!
Motels. They were the places to stay. Clean, with tv, nice beds, and "free direct dial phone" in each room. Some offered a massaging bed for 25 cents. I always took the stationery with the motel's letterhead that was in the desk drawer.
The string of motels in every city were lit with colorful neon signs. Thanks for the memories.
I almost forgot about the stationary. For me the stationary and Bic pen was a world of fun. Drawings, tick-tack-toe, and miniature paper airplanes were a few of my favorites. Only once, I got the opportunity to use the massage beds, by the time I made it most of them were broken or replaced. Great to see you again and thanks for your support!
All the best!
Derelict Doug, between :29 seconds to :42 seconds that looks so much one many avalanches that took place on Animas Forks Road, Colorado. Over the winter of 2018 to 2019. This part of the dirt road goes to Animas Forks Ghost Town. This is just another ghost town in Colorado.
That is very sad news. I hope a hiking route develops. Thank you so much for sharing and all the best!
And today the tradition of immigrant has taken over the chain hotels modern Indian immigrants have found the chain hotel business very profitable and nationwide have huge stakes in the hotel business. Just thought I would toss that in I was selling Refurbished Flat panel TVs and had a few cuatomers buying everything I could get my hands on. Tractor trailers full basically.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. In fact one of the fastest growing chains in the US is an India based company. I appreciate your thought out comment and thanks for watching. All the best!
Doug, at 8:02 that looked like a satellite dish on the corner of that red building. Maybe that red building was being use like in the 1980's and those hotel rooms weren't being used.
This is very likely. The red building looked to be the office as well as the home of the caretaker. I would imagine it was occupied well after the rooms were no longer available for rent. Thanks so much for another insightful comment and all the best!
Uh, U.S. 66 was first designated in 1926, LONG before Steinbecks novel.....
Great video, but Route 66 wasn't John Steinbeck's idea. Cyrus Avery was the man largely responsible for the Mother Road; Steinbeck just wrote a very good novel in which 66 was a major player. Route 66 was commissioned in 1926, three years before the Great Depression and thirteen years before The Grapes of Wrath was published.
Nice to see your video .
I am so glad you enjoyed, sorry it was a bit late this month. Thanks for joining us and best wishes!
Great documentary, the only polite suggestion I have is to tell the camera man/woman to slow down on the pans and zooms.
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As always, the scenery in your area is SO BEAUTIFUL. Add some snow and man it pops! The Derelict Doug Motel. LMAO! Love it!
I had no idea Colonel Sanders began his concept from this industry. Fascinating! Great job! Doug Very informative video of the motel history.
I am glad you enjoy the scenery too. A lot of folks from here are blasé about how stunning it is. I had a good laugh while making the Motel photo (keeping it fun). Thank you for the kind words and all the best!
The nice views snowfall with sunshine, great motels in USA
Colorado at its best!
Hi Doug I seriously love your style, I always read the discription even though you usually speak it out I just love to read, the information you gather and deliver is incredible much respect to you, I found this extensively informative and extremely interesting, I didn't know this about the KFC guy etc..this particular location I got to see on another channel its incredible..👏👍
I can't thank you enough for the kind words🙏! It takes a lot of time to put together the description, video, and blog. I am really glad you enjoy reading it. I often use my blog as speaking points for the voice over, so there is some overlap in the description.
Thanks as always for your support and I look forward to catching up on your channel very soon! Until then, stay safe and best wishes!
@@DerelictDoug +hi doug no worrys your channel is incredible and you definitely do alot of home work and research its been a really fun way to learn and also enjoy your country🙂 no rush mate
Great video - thanks! In Photography this semester we're looking at the rise of colour photography for art rather than advertising in the USA many years ago and we covered several photographers who went around photographing motels as their golden era was just over. Really emotive work.
I am very please that you enjoyed the video. And thank you for the tidbit about the photographers. I couldn't agree more, it is very emotive stuff.
Thanks again for stopping by and all the best!
I like it alot! 👍
Thank you so much I really appreciate 😀 thanks for joining us and all the best!
Thanks! Love this video.
I am so very glad you enjoyed! All the best!
hi Derelic Doug only finally just got home to watch help the caption said in Korean can you offer caption in English please as I am deaf and let me know and I will come back to watch I sure wish rout 66 would have been save I watch roaming rich on youtube his trying to save it well caption in English thank you ;-)
Cole Webb Hello! Thank you so much for your comment. I am working on the caption for this video and it will be up soon! Please check again in 24 hours, in the meantime, please enjoy some of my other videos that do have caption! Thanks for your patience and support!
@@DerelictDoug thank you as you have real good channel I sure wish rout 66 was still all there I wish I could drive it from LOS Angeles California to Chicago Illinois and back seeing and staying in and the different places along the way and driving high way 1 and 101from Canada to southern California plus the high way from main to Florida and all the way to the key's plus the road that choose me well them are my dream vacation well I can dream can't I :-) good night Derelic Doug oh and I will check back thank you
P.S. I hope they can save 66 too and the CC is now up and in English. Thanks again for pointing this out!
@@DerelictDoug thank you for fixing the caption will watch this one now have a good day Derelict Doug ( it's supper Doug ) and when we last left our hero :-) yipes something still Wong it's still says caption in Korean no I don't think it's my phone all the other channel's are playing caption in English help Doug
Cole Webb thank you kindly🙏. Let me know if you have any other issues.