Images from three museums in Oklahoma: The J. M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum in Claremore, the National Route 66 Museum and Transportation Museum in Elk City, and the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum in Clinton

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J. M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum - Claremore, Oklahoma
August 16, 2010

Some of the more than 20,000 guns and artifacts in this museum
[Huge display of rifles and pistols artistically mounted on a wall.]

More guns
[Large display of rifles mounted in a circle on the wall.]

German-made folding trigger gun
[Small pistol with flowery designs engraved in the barrel and surrounding metal.]

Bicycle pistols (Barrels are over 10 inches long.)
[Several pistols with very long barrels.]

Part of the stein collection at the museum
[Four steins of which two are shaped and painted like frogs and two look like gnomes.]

Picture at bottom of stein is a lithopane. It's seen when the stein is emptied and held to the light.
[Two-tones image of a man's head and shoulders.]

Museum also contained musical instruments.
[Six guitars hung on a wall including a double-necked guitar.]

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National Route 66 Museum and Transportation Museum - Elk City, Oklahoma
This museum chronicled the road by location (state).
August 17, 2010

Hard to miss this sign when driving.
[Huge route 66 symbol sign on a post near the road outside the museum complex.]

Route 66 was completed in 1926 and the last town was Williams, Arizona (which was bypassed by the interstate system in 1985).
Note the water bag, on the front of car between the headlights, needed to traverse the desert in Arizona.
[Artistic rendition of a car traveling Route 66 in early days. A canteen type bag is strung across front of car.]

Loved the ruby red shoes for Kansas.
[Route 66 sign in Kansas with mileage to Missouri and to Oklahoma. A pair of sparkly red ladies shoes are tied together and hung over the Kansas part of the sign.]

Climb into the pink Cadillac and step on the accelerator. Movie of traveling Route 66 as seen by a driver is played.
[This is two photographs. One shows partial car and movie screen from the side and the other shows the view of the movie screen from the driver's seat.]

One room was a Popeye collection. (Popeye wasn't part of Route 66, but still neat to see these pieces.)
[Several photographs stitched together to show the showcases full of Popeye memorabilia.]

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Oklahoma Route 66 Museum - Clinton, Oklahoma
This museum chronicled the road by time (decade) and focused on the Oklahoma portion of the road. (Building is run by the Oklahoma Historical Society.)
August 17, 2010

Route 66 was over 2500 miles long and passed through eight states.
[Map of the US with Route 66 shown by a moving light stream.]

Porter House Cafe diner used to be on Route 66. (Was open for business 1956-1964.)
[Small red-trimmed grey portable building.]

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