Thanks for the pix, especially info on the Rte66 Assn. Where is Centennial Park?
I was as disappointed as everyone else that Miss Belvedere didn’t turn out as a beauty in the unveiling. Funny thing, on my nightly Andy Griffith viewing last night, there was a bright shiny ‘57 Plymouth in the background on Main Street down the block from the courthouse - in a 1960 episode.
It was one of the first 5-6 shows and I guess they hadn’t gone to exclusively Ford products being shown at that point yet. But there it was - and I thought of Tulsa’s time capsule car! Being B&W, the color didn’t show and I don’t know if it was a Belvedere or Savoy or some other model, but it was definitely a ‘57. Love the gold restored one that was there in T-town for the car show!
Good luck to all the Rte66’ers. I did some events with the OKC group when I lived up there - also some in El Reno and Elk City.
Happy TulsaRama!
P.S. I think the Tom-Tom was the name of the Tulsa Central HS yearbook - I used to have my mother’s set of them. I’m not certain, but it’s possible Central was still the only HS back in ‘57, but maybe not.
Also, I remember when we had big highway billboards in OK that said “Arrows to Atoms” and there was some other tourism slogan about the contrast between Indian Territory and the Space Age (1950s), but I can’t remember it now. Also, something about tom-toms and tomahawks to *something.*
*oh well!*