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Route 6 through Pennsylvania, and it
predecessor the Roosevelt Highway, has no shortage of places to eat,
drink, and lodge. Here is the Arlington Hotel in Kane. (July 1999
photo) |
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Old and new roads. The old brick road parallels the current Route 6 in Kanesholm (July 1999 photo) |
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This 1920s gas station struck a prominent visual pose at the intersection of Routes 6 and 219. Route 219 was, and is, known as the Pittsburgh-Buffalo Highway. (Curt Teich Postcard Archives, Lake County Illinois Discovery Museum)
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The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Nebo
Chapel is visible through the trees from Route 6 in Mt. Jewett. The
octagonal church was built in 1887, patterned after Ersta Kyrka at
Danviken, near Stockholm. (July1999 photo) |
The Kinzua Bridge is about two miles from Route 6, just northeast of Mt. Jewett. (1930s postcard) | |
Another of the many 1920s and 1930s postcards that touted the scenic pleasures of travelling Route 6 across Pennsylvania. |