Roadside America: Through The Lens of John Margolies opened at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan on June 20 and will be on display until January 24, 2016. The exhibit is photographer John Margolies' photographs of unusal and everday roadside attractions compiled over the last three decades.
John Margolies is a world-renown photographer, author, and lecturer on American architecture and design. He is known for his eye for detail and unusual ability to be in the right place to capture subjects just before they are no longer there.
This particular exhibit gives viewers an inside look at how Margolies was able to compile all of the photographs and materials by dissplaying not only his work, but also the books and camera equipment he used. There are interactive parts of the exhibit, such as a touch screen that displays Margolies' travel logs.
While traveling through the exhibit, visitors can stop by the root beer barrel roadside stand for a root beer float and then continue on to see Margolies' images on display inside the gallery. In addition to this immersive display, visitors are given the rare opportunity to see three vehicles from The Henry Ford's collection that are not typically on display. These include the 1950 Buick Roadmaster, the 1950 Chrysler New Yorker, and the 1963 Studebaker Avantie, each playing the sountrack from their respective eras and displayed in different sections of the tour.
Roadside America is free to view with memorship or with admission to the Museum.