TEE PEE CURIOS ORIGINAL PAINTING

Name: TEE PEE CURIOS ORIGINAL PAINTING
SKU: 1254
Price: 1152.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$1 ,152.00

TEE PEE CURIOS. 12″ X 16″ acrylic on masonite board original painting and wall art. Travelers getting their kicks on Route 66 going through Tucumcari, New Mexico, will discover a trail of classic roadside diners, vintage gas stations and motels, Route 66 vintage electric neon signs and retro-American road trip art. Tee Pee Curios is the last remaining original curio shop remaining in the Land of Enchantment. Thousands of motorists stop here for souvenirs of their Route 66 road trip. Jewelry, pottery, t-shirts, books, postcards, stickers and other Mother Road memorabilia. Originally built in 1944 as a Gulf Oil service station right on Route 66, when the Route was just a two-lane highway. In 1959, when “66” was widened to four lanes and the gas station had to give up it’s gas pumps. The gas station reinvented itself as a curios shop. So when cool cats motor east or west, they shop at Tee Pee Curios in Tucumcari. That’s the best!

Category: Southwestern Art

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12″ X 16″ TEE PEE CURIOS acrylic on masonite board original painting and wall art. Where southwestern art meets classic neon roadside attractions. At one time the state of New Mexico had hundreds of curio shops. With the arrival of the Santa Fe Rail Road in the 1880s, hundreds of mom and pop trading posts, or curio shops sprang up around Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Selling hand-made artifacts, the shops expanded out from Santa Fe into smaller towns and railroad stops. With the massive boom in tourism with the opening of Route 66 in the 1030’s, trading posts exploded across New Mexico. After World War II everyone had cars again, everyone had gas again. Everyone had jobs again. And everyone had money. AGAIN! So, Americans hit the road in record numbers, getting their kicks in Route 66. Chains like Bowlin’s became empires. Originally built as a gas station in 1944, Tee Pee Curios on Route 66, with it’s iconic tee pee shape front entrance and attention-getting neon signeage, is the last original curios souvenir shop left in the state of New Mexico. This acrylic on masonite board original painting and iconic Americana road trip art is ready for framing.

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