Uploaded June 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
From 1989 to 1995, artists Jan Albers and Karen Titus took photographs and interviewed people they encountered along U.S. Route 20, the longest transcontinental highway in the United States. Reaching 3,365 miles from coast to coast, it begins in Boston, Massachusetts, and continues through 12 states, ending at the Pacific Ocean in Newport, Oregon. During their journey, Albers and Titus (who are also mother and daughter) documented sites, events, and stories of people who live and work along this road. Photographs from the road by Albers and Titus will be on view in the exhibition "20/20 Vision: Travels Along America's Accidental Highway" at the Carnegie Center for Art & History in New Albany, Indiana, June 3 - July 16, 2011.
In 1990, Jan Albers interviewed Caroline Santoz Pfiffer, who lived on a back road off of U.S. Route 20 outside of Gordon, Nebraska. Jan Albers had to nudge cows off of the road to get to Pfiffer's home. The downstairs of her home was a museum to Pfiffer's sister, Mari Santoz (1896-1966) who left the area for New York and became a well-known writer. Pfiffer was in her 80s at the time of the interview. She talked about the history of the area, the importance of the railroad and her memories of when U.S. Route 20 was built.
From 1989 to 1995, artists Jan Albers and Karen Titus took photographs and interviewed people they encountered along U.S. Route 20, the longest transcontinental highway in the United States. Reaching 3,365 miles from coast to coast, it begins in Boston, Massachusetts, and continues through 12 states, ending at the Pacific Ocean in Newport, Oregon. During their journey, Albers and Titus (who are also mother and daughter) documented sites, events, and stories of people who live and work along this road. Photographs from the road by Albers and Titus will be on view in the exhibition "20/20 Vision: Travels Along America's Accidental Highway" at the Carnegie Center for Art & History in New Albany, Indiana, June 3 - July 16, 2011.
In 1990, Jan Albers interviewed Caroline Santoz Pfiffer, who lived on a back road off of U.S. Route 20 outside of Gordon, Nebraska. Jan Albers had to nudge cows off of the road to get to Pfiffer's home. The downstairs of her home was a museum to Pfiffer's sister, Mari Santoz (1896-1966) who left the area for New York and became a well-known writer. Pfiffer was in her 80s at the time of the interview. She talked about the history of the area, the importance of the railroad and her memories of when U.S. Route 20 was built.
