Angel & Vilma Delgadillo's Route 66 Gift Shop & Visitor's Center
Angel & Vilma Delgadillo's Route 66 Gift Shop & Visitor's Center
Angel & Vilma Delgadillo's Route 66 Gift Shop & Visitor's Center
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Welcome to the Birthplace of HISTORIC Route 66! In 1987, Angel Delgadillo, the kindly crusader, led the charge to save the Main Street of America; Route 66. The Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona was formed to protect, promote, and preserve the Mother Road. The grassroots association and Angel's charisma have captured the world's attention. Today there are Route 66 associations worldwide.Angel and Vilma opened the very first Route 66 gift shop in 1987. The once pool hall and barber shop is now a unique blend of gift shop, barber shop, visitor center, and museum. The museum is dedicated to all the people who have made the pilgrimage to Historic Route 66 from all over the United States and the world. Your road trip is not complete until you experience living history at this Route 66 landmark!
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- Captain HookGrimsby, United Kingdom491 contributionsHistoryWe were so lucky to visit this shop on Angel's 97th birthday. Cakes were provided to us and then Angel visited. What a gentleman, what a privilege to meet him. Classy souvenir shop. Whilst there sign the visitors book and be a part of history.Visited April 2024Traveled as a coupleWritten May 9, 2024
- Fabrice LVanves, France970 contributionsA must-see small shops on the road, 66Must-see. Highway 66, there are a lot of places on Highway 66 to stop. Personally, I love sets, old cars and all. In souvenir shops, Awards vary by Shop. there is also not a big g difference.Visited August 2024Traveled with familyWritten August 27, 2024
- Jin_kun_1212Kashiwa, Japan157 contributionsI feel like the good old America.There were many souvenirs related to Route 66. The U.S. seemed to be able to sell used license plates, and some were old. The barba run by Angel in the shop is lovely. The shop clerk seemed to have lived in Japan before and was able to respond in Japanese ♪Visited November 2024Traveled as a coupleWritten November 2, 2024
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Ryan
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Jun 2023
If you love Americana, Disney's Cars or anything Rt. 66, Angel & Vilma's Original Route 66 Gift Shop is a MUST see! Our family traveled the entire Rt.66 from Albuquerque, NM to Needles, CA and this was by far our favorite stop. Angel's son in-law Mauricio greeted us when we walked in, asked where we were from and invited us to explore all around the store. While some stops on 66 would not speak to us, and acted like our even being there was a bother, Mauricio made us feel at home and welcomed. He loved that our family respected and loved the magic, beauty and nostalgia of the old Mother Road. All of that past and present American greatness has been persevered in this classic family fun shop on 66. Our family first found out about this gem while searching for Rt.66 content on YouTube. We found Justin Scared's RandomLand channel that showcased this American Icon and we knew we had to visit. I will include a few pictures, but nothing does this slice of American pie justice like actually stepping back in time and meeting Mirna, Clarissa and Mauricio! I want to say Thank You to the entire Delgadillo family for welcoming my family and for preserving an iconic moment in Great American History. So jump in the family Truckster, put on "Get Your Kicks On Rt. 66", and head down the Mother Road to Angel & Vilma Delgadillo's Original Route 66 Gift Shop!!!
Written June 25, 2023
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Richard W
Penn Valley, CA878 contributions
Sep 2023 • Couples
One person can make a change! Instead of letting his little town of Seligman, Arizona along old Route 66 die out after being bypassed, Angel Delgadillo organized and created a Route 66 Society that has helped save a few little towns and a lot of history.
His original barbershop is the location of this unique shop. It is packed with history of the town, photos, souvenirs, etc. It is a fun place to visit.
Of significance is the fact that John Lassiter of Pixar movies fame visited this town, visited Angel and used what he learned to create the concept of "Radiator Springs" for the movie "Cars". Walking around the town you can picture how Lassiter developed his concepts and vision.
Across the intersection is Angel's brothers unique cafe and ice cream shop.
This town and the shops in it are a step back in time when the original Route 66 was a major artery of business and travel.
His original barbershop is the location of this unique shop. It is packed with history of the town, photos, souvenirs, etc. It is a fun place to visit.
Of significance is the fact that John Lassiter of Pixar movies fame visited this town, visited Angel and used what he learned to create the concept of "Radiator Springs" for the movie "Cars". Walking around the town you can picture how Lassiter developed his concepts and vision.
Across the intersection is Angel's brothers unique cafe and ice cream shop.
This town and the shops in it are a step back in time when the original Route 66 was a major artery of business and travel.
Written October 4, 2023
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travelgirl93463
Montrose, CO352 contributions
May 2022 • Couples
We were on a Route 66 trip and of all the places we stopped in a number of towns this was one of my favorites! The historic barber shop “museum” within the store was nostalgia at its finest. The store’s merchandise was very tasteful with a wide variety of items nicely displayed. The store felt upscale and inviting and was super clean. The two sales ladies were so friendly and fun and helpful. I purchased several items for me and several for gifts and came out the door happy and smiling! Thank you Delgadillo’s for this most enjoyable experience!
Written July 12, 2022
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A Midlife Adventure
Dursley, UK2,872 contributions
Jul 2023 • Couples
We couldn’t come to Seligman without coming in here.
You are immediately greeted by a friendly face and made to feel welcome.
Whilst this is a gift shop I was more interested in the history and Angels fight to keep the Mother Road. They have created a great area within his barbers shop for this very purpose and it was lovely to read all about his crusade.
You definitely feel as though you matter when you come in here, thank you
You are immediately greeted by a friendly face and made to feel welcome.
Whilst this is a gift shop I was more interested in the history and Angels fight to keep the Mother Road. They have created a great area within his barbers shop for this very purpose and it was lovely to read all about his crusade.
You definitely feel as though you matter when you come in here, thank you
Written July 10, 2023
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hinahina
東京2,389 contributions
Aug 2023 • Couples
This place suited our tastes and we were overwhelmed with the desire to buy.
This place seemed lively even in the otherwise rundown little town,
and with an old American atmosphere we felt like we were on a movie set.
One of the staff members was fluent in Japanese.
We were very happy to be surrounded by tasteful souvenirs after returning home.
This place seemed lively even in the otherwise rundown little town,
and with an old American atmosphere we felt like we were on a movie set.
One of the staff members was fluent in Japanese.
We were very happy to be surrounded by tasteful souvenirs after returning home.
Written January 12, 2024
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Bunty8
United Kingdom657 contributions
May 2023
This was a great stop on our trip across the US. They have a lovely gift shop, staff very friendly and clean rest rooms.
Was a barber’s , you can get your photo taken in the barbers chair, lot of memorabilia and history of how Angel worked to preserve the original Route 66 as an historic route.
Can get very busy, was when we were there, if bus tours stop, but don’t let it put you off visiting.
Another highlight of our US holiday.
Was a barber’s , you can get your photo taken in the barbers chair, lot of memorabilia and history of how Angel worked to preserve the original Route 66 as an historic route.
Can get very busy, was when we were there, if bus tours stop, but don’t let it put you off visiting.
Another highlight of our US holiday.
Written July 2, 2023
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Donald S
Comstock Park, MI4,485 contributions
Sep 2022 • Couples
Four of us stopped to look for Route 66 articles. Great place, picked up two shirts and a parka. Spent some time talking to the gentleman who helps run the place. He was super informative.
Written September 2, 2022
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Roy M
20 contributions
Mar 2023
Yes, Angel & Vilma's is a gift shop, but it's a special gift shop. What makes in special it's history. It's here where Angel led his fight to get the Mother Road designated as Historic Route 66. Yes, it's well worth stopping. If you're going to pick up some Route 66 memorable, this is the place to do it.
Written March 31, 2023
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Dash On
54 contributions
Dec 2020 • Family
What an American treasure! Everyone should come and shop at Angel & Vilma Delgadillo’s. We had a great experience getting talk with their daughters who run the shop. They told us all the history. Their merchandise is American made. So come and support this historical treasure.
Written December 4, 2020
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RomeoFernandez
Toronto, Canada68 contributions
Jan 2017 • Couples
My wife and I were on a very interesting but gruelling group tour last January. On our way from Las Vegas to Grand Canyon, while enjoying the off-beaten path road scenery and perhaps my mind was already imagining of what to expect in Grand Canyon, I didn’t catch what our Tour Director might have mentioned about our next restroom and coffee break. As well, our printed itinerary only said, “We will travel along the historic Route 66 where you can possibly ‘get your kicks.”
Because our coach were mostly seniors, as what we normally do on the tour, we headed first to the washrooms as soon as we left the coach. After emptying my gall bladder, it was only then I realized we were stopping at Angel & Vilma Delgadillo’s Original Route 66 Gift Shop and Visitor’s Center. After helping myself with free coffee, I then browsed on various, interesting memorabilia items displayed all over the place
In our travels, I operate my inexpensive digital camera most of the time because I could take pictures faster than my wife. Knowing we had limited time in our brief stopover, I then clicked my camera left and right, with the intention of viewing them at the end of the day or tour.
Perhaps my wife knew something that I didn’t know about the place, she urged that she take a picture of me sitting on what I would learn later, Angel’s historical barber chair. While holding the Information Center’s nicely printed pamphlet, The Birthplace of Historic Route 66, my wife picked up as a keepsake for our travel scrapbook and resuming my browsing over interesting memorabilia items, Mauricio, the son-in-law of Angel and Vilma, approached me with his contagious smile. He provided me information about Angel and what he did that made him respected and popular to the community of Seligman. His genuine hospitality and voluntarily providing me information about Angel impressed me. When I asked what kind of a man Angel at his age now, he told me in the morning, unless Angel does not feel good, the man still enjoys meeting compassionate visitors and receiving their sincere feedbacks make Angel healthy and happy.
Because of the interesting itinerary and gruelling demand of the tour, it was only when we returned home I was able to read the content of the pamphlet my wife picked up. Being a history buff and advocate that one man can make a difference at times, I fully appreciated the historical significance of the old Route 66 and the story of how the Seligman’s community bounced from an economic disaster when on September 22 1978, the newly constructed Interstate 40 by-passed Seligman and replaced the section of Route 66 that had brought the traffic of thousands of cars through town on a daily basis.
The story said livelihood of the businesses in Seligman disappeared in one day. For ten long years the residents of Seligman learned to live on very little. Businesses closed, townspeople moved, buildings were abandoned.
Angel Delgadillo, barber and proprietor of the Delgadillo Barber Shop and Pool Hall, decided he had enough of watching his town waste away. Through his initiative and leadership, he arranged a meeting of representatives from Route 66 towns in Arizona to organize a group to make old Route 66 (from Kingman to Seligman) a “historic” highway. At this meeting the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona was formed with Angel as President.
The story chronicled this was the first Route 66 preservation association ever formed and Angel’s barber shop/pool hall housed the first headquarters for the grassroots organization.
As interest in the cause and Route 66 nostalgia grew, people started to want Route 66 merchandise as travel memorabilia. Now enthusiasts from all over the U.S. and the world come to drive Route 66 and experience a more nostalgic America. The small unique towns along Route 66 have new life and a piece of American history has been saved.
And the story concluded it all started in little barber shop on Route 66 in Seligman, Arizona because Angel, the town barber, refused to watch his town die.
In retrospect, am I glad I took as many pictures as I could about the place and obliged to my wife’s taking a picture of me sitting on Angel’s historical barber chair! In a way, I experienced to be part of Angel’s amazing and incredible role in making the old Route 66 historical and providing economic renaissance to the community of Seligman.
Romeo R, Fernandez
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Because our coach were mostly seniors, as what we normally do on the tour, we headed first to the washrooms as soon as we left the coach. After emptying my gall bladder, it was only then I realized we were stopping at Angel & Vilma Delgadillo’s Original Route 66 Gift Shop and Visitor’s Center. After helping myself with free coffee, I then browsed on various, interesting memorabilia items displayed all over the place
In our travels, I operate my inexpensive digital camera most of the time because I could take pictures faster than my wife. Knowing we had limited time in our brief stopover, I then clicked my camera left and right, with the intention of viewing them at the end of the day or tour.
Perhaps my wife knew something that I didn’t know about the place, she urged that she take a picture of me sitting on what I would learn later, Angel’s historical barber chair. While holding the Information Center’s nicely printed pamphlet, The Birthplace of Historic Route 66, my wife picked up as a keepsake for our travel scrapbook and resuming my browsing over interesting memorabilia items, Mauricio, the son-in-law of Angel and Vilma, approached me with his contagious smile. He provided me information about Angel and what he did that made him respected and popular to the community of Seligman. His genuine hospitality and voluntarily providing me information about Angel impressed me. When I asked what kind of a man Angel at his age now, he told me in the morning, unless Angel does not feel good, the man still enjoys meeting compassionate visitors and receiving their sincere feedbacks make Angel healthy and happy.
Because of the interesting itinerary and gruelling demand of the tour, it was only when we returned home I was able to read the content of the pamphlet my wife picked up. Being a history buff and advocate that one man can make a difference at times, I fully appreciated the historical significance of the old Route 66 and the story of how the Seligman’s community bounced from an economic disaster when on September 22 1978, the newly constructed Interstate 40 by-passed Seligman and replaced the section of Route 66 that had brought the traffic of thousands of cars through town on a daily basis.
The story said livelihood of the businesses in Seligman disappeared in one day. For ten long years the residents of Seligman learned to live on very little. Businesses closed, townspeople moved, buildings were abandoned.
Angel Delgadillo, barber and proprietor of the Delgadillo Barber Shop and Pool Hall, decided he had enough of watching his town waste away. Through his initiative and leadership, he arranged a meeting of representatives from Route 66 towns in Arizona to organize a group to make old Route 66 (from Kingman to Seligman) a “historic” highway. At this meeting the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona was formed with Angel as President.
The story chronicled this was the first Route 66 preservation association ever formed and Angel’s barber shop/pool hall housed the first headquarters for the grassroots organization.
As interest in the cause and Route 66 nostalgia grew, people started to want Route 66 merchandise as travel memorabilia. Now enthusiasts from all over the U.S. and the world come to drive Route 66 and experience a more nostalgic America. The small unique towns along Route 66 have new life and a piece of American history has been saved.
And the story concluded it all started in little barber shop on Route 66 in Seligman, Arizona because Angel, the town barber, refused to watch his town die.
In retrospect, am I glad I took as many pictures as I could about the place and obliged to my wife’s taking a picture of me sitting on Angel’s historical barber chair! In a way, I experienced to be part of Angel’s amazing and incredible role in making the old Route 66 historical and providing economic renaissance to the community of Seligman.
Romeo R, Fernandez
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Written February 22, 2017
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Hello everyone :) Do you know where we can park in Seligman ?
Thank you, we can't wait
Written August 21, 2018
Is there a Promo Code to order gifts online from this Gift Shop?
Written July 3, 2018
They have a website-route66giftshop. They gave me a card that says to use coupon code-GETYOURKICKS- for 10% off entire online order. Says they ship worldwide— hopes this helps
Written July 4, 2018
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