Illuminated neon sign for the Nob Hill Court cul-du-sac of small businesses along historic U.S. Route 66 — the onetime “Mother Road” from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California,
during the “golden years” of family automobile travel from the 1930s to 1950s — as it still winds through Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico. Not to be confused with a famous hill in San Francisco, California, Albuquerque’s Nob Hill is a bustling restaurant and entertainment neighborhood. Photo by Carol Highsmith 2020.