That was then (1953).
From chapter 43:
The roadside park has becom a defniite feature of the American highway. Here the tourists -- particularly in family groups -- can stop to eat a picnic lunch at one of the tables, let the dog find a tree, and give the children a chance to play about and stretch their legs, while the car cools off in the shade.
This is now.
Or not. The roadside park was likely abandoned decades ago. The author mentions that it is only a short distance from the overpass at which the preceding picture was taken, i.e., "Kansas Corn".
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Photo by Retiring Guy: 1952 Rand McNally Road Atlas (arrow added)
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Chapter 1: Beginnings. (7/19/2024)
Chapter 2: Coastal Plain. (7/20/2024)
Chapter 5. Six-Lane Highway. (8/4/2024)
Chapter 6. Bush River. (8/5/2024)
Chapter 7: Baltimore rows. (8/6/2024)
Chapter 8: Ellicott City. (8/7/2024)
Chapter 9. Frederick. (8/8/2024)
Chapter 11. Horrible example. (8/16/2024)
Chapter 12. Mount Prospect. (8/17/2024)
Chapter 13: Ridge and Valley. (8/18/2024)
Chapter 14: The Narrows. (8/19/2024)
Chapter 15: From Little Savage Mountain. (8/27/2024)
Chapter 16: Mason-Dixon Line. (8/28/2024)
Chapter 17: Fort Necessity (8/29/2024)
Chapter 18: Braddock's Grave, (8/30/2024)
Chapter 19: Toll House. (9/2/2024)
Chapter 20. Coal Mine. (9/5/2024)
Chapter 21: Wheeling. (9/6/2024)
Chapter 22: Cambridge, Ohio. (9/9/2024)
Chapter 23: S-bridge. (9/10/2024)
Chapter 24: Highway and tree. (9/11/2024)
Chapter 25: Mileposts. (9/12/2024)
Chapter 26. Tavern. (9/13/2024)
Chapter 27: Taylorsville Dam. (9/14/2024)
Chapter 28: In full glory. (9/16/2024)
Chapter 29. Farm on the National Road (9/17/2024)
Chapter 30: Victorian Elegance. (9/18/2024)
Chapter 31: Roadside Vendor. (9/19/2024)/
Chapter 32: Benjamin Harrison Era. (9/21/2024)
Chapter 33: Vandalia. (9/22/2024)
Chapter 34. Mississippi River. (9/23/2024)
Chapter 35: Road-building. (9/27/2024)
Chapter 36. Boonville. (9/28/2024)
Chapter 37. Double highway. (9/29/2024)
Chapter 38. Kansas City. (9/30/2024)
Chapter 39. Sign post. (10/1/2024)
Chapter 40. Hayfield. (10/5/2024)
Chapter 41: Bit of the Old West (10/11/2024)
Chapter 42: Kansas Corn (10/12/2024)
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