Route 66 Dish Towel by Catstudio

Get your Kicks... with this original design celebrating Route 66!

The design is silk-screened, then framed with a hand embroidered border on a 100% cotton dish towel/hand towel/guest towel/bar towel. Three stripes down both sides and hand dyed rick-rack at the top and bottom add a charming vintage touch. Delightfully presented in a fab organdy re-usable pouch!

• 100% Cotton
• Machine wash cold and line dry
• Packaged in organdy pouch
• Measures 20" x 29"

Fun Facts:

• Classic Route 66 is approx. 2448 miles long.
• The route starts in Chicago and ends in Santa Monica. It crosses 8 states and passes through three time zones.
• Route 66 was officially decommisioned in 1985 although one can still drive parts of the route today. Much of the route was replaced by I-55, I-44, I-40, I-15 and I-10.
• Route 66 is also known as "The Will Rogers Highway" and "The Mother Road."
• Bobby Troup's 1946 song "Get your kicks on Route 66" became a major hit when Nat King Cole first recorded it. Since that time it has been remixed by various groups including the Rolling Stones and Depeche Mode.
• Cyrus Stevens Avery, as Consulting Highway Specialist to the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, was tasked with the creation of a national highway system. In 1926 his efforts paid off with the commission of Route 66. Avery became known as the "Father of Route 66."
• Arizona contains the longest stretch of the historic route 66 still in use.
• The last curio store on Route 66 is Tucumcari's Tee Pee Curios. It is on the mother highway between Albuquerque and Amarillo.