NEW JERSEY—A bridge exit from New York toward the New Jersey Turnpike, 1960.

HARRISBURG, Pa.—The incredible mass of statues in front of the capitol, 1960

NORTH CAROLINA—Oconaluftee Village, 1960.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—1960

UNITED STATES—1960

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Beale Street, 1960

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Most of the houses are abandoned, crumbling. Things come and go fast here, 1960

ARKANSAS—Next to a road, a religious farmer used the trunk of a tree to pin up his message to passing sinners, 1960

OKLAHOMA—A picture snapped out the car window on the way from Oklahoma to Reno. The only silhouettes that rise are billboards announcing the next restaurant or trading post, sometimes a silo or a chemical factory, 1960

NEW MEXICO—Hitchhikers on the road from Albuquerque to Gallup, 1960

ARIZONA—A meteor crater a few miles before Flagstaff, 1960

SANTA FE, N.M.—Modern Western style: a powerful car, a tight pair of jeans, and cowboy boots, 1960

NEW MEXICO—Highway entertainment at an Indian trading post before arriving in Albuquerque, 1960.

NEW MEXICO—An Indian cemetery near Albuquerque, 1960

GOLDFIELD, Nev.—1960

BEATTY, Nev.—A one-armed bandit, 1960

NEVADA—The Hoover Dam, near Boulder City, 1960

UNITED STATES—On the road to Reno, 1960

RENO, Nev.—The clapperboard is marked “Scene 1, Take 2.” In the background, John Huston and Arthur Miller on the set, 1961