America by the Roadside: The Margolies Archive 1969–2008
Take in mini-golf, crocodiles, giant sausages and scout huts as you road trip along main streets, highways and byways through the visually rich photographs taken by architectural critic and curator John Margolies between 1969 and 2008.
According to the U.S. Library of Congress, the John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive is one of the most comprehensive photographic studies of vernacular commercial architecture and structures along main streets, byways, and highways throughout the United States in the 20th century.
The Photographs we made over a span of nearly forty years by Margolies (1940–2016), an architectural critic and curator.
The collection consists of 11,710 color slides (35mm film transparencies).
You can see the entire collection here. All photographs are John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive via Library of Congress
