If you want to talk about corn dogs,when I was a student at Southern Illinois University, this was one of my favorite stops on Route 66 between Chicago & Carbondale. As it turns out, 35 years later, it’s featured on the PBS Hot Dog Program. Check out the history of the corn dog along with some classic pictures of the original building at:
One thing I can’t figure out is the picture of that kid in the cowboy costume. Is that a human or a doll standing next to him in the back of the ice cream cone truck?