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Robert Waldmire (April 19, 1945^[1]–December 16, 2009) was an American artist and cartographer who is well known for his artwork of U.S. Route 66, including whimsical maps of the Mother Road and its human and natural ecology. Being the son of Ed Waldmire Jr., he is often associated with the Cozy Dog Drive In restaurant in Springfield, Illinois (on U.S. Route 66), the elder Waldmire (along with his friend Don Strand) having created the Cozy Dog.

His career as a professional artist began during his student days at Southern Illinois University. He returned home to draft a "bird's-eye-view" poster of his hometown; merchants paid to include their businesses in the posters, which he could then sell in the merchant's place of business at a profit. He extended the idea to 34 cities, then turned his attentions to the promotion of historic U.S. Route 66.^[2]

Waldmire was a well-known snowbird, spending his winter months in Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains in a self-sufficient home of his own design. During the summer, he travelled the country, but based himself in his native Central Illinois, living in a converted Chevrolet school bus near Springfield.

One of Waldmire's modified vehicles, an orange 1972 Volkswagen Microbus, was the inspiration for the character "Fillmore" from the 2006 animated motion picture Cars.^[8] Pixar abandoned a proposal to name the character "Waldmire" as Bob was unwilling to sell marketing rights to Disney for a series of toys which would appear in McDonald's Happy Meals.^[9]

On November 22, 2009 "Bob’s Last Art Show" was held at the Cozy Dog Drive-In.^[10] On December 16, 2009, Waldmire died from cancer^[11] which had spread from his colon to his liver.^[12] His ashes were returned to the earth at multiple sites, including his parents' gravesite in Mottarville Cemetery near Rochester, Illinois, both U.S. Route 66 endpoints and other pre-selected US 66 locations including his longtime Arizona winter home.^[13]

His official website, bobwaldmire.com, remains in operation and is currently being maintained by his brother Buz Waldmire.^[14] His trademark van and bus are now displayed in the Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum in Pontiac, Illinois.^[15]

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1. ^Route 66 The Mother Road, Wallis, Michael, St. Martins Griffin, New York, 2001, p. 245. {{ISBN|0-312-28161-7}}
2. ^¹{{cite magazine|url=http://www.desertexposure.com/200504/200504_waldmire.html |title=Artist Laureate of the Mother Road|first=Bob|last=Venners|publisher=Desert Exposure |date=April 2005 |accessdate=2012-05-12}}
3. ^{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=svcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT2 |title=American Motorcyclist |date=1995-02-17 |accessdate=2012-05-12}}
4. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xtR4QCcA8AC&pg=PA106 |title=Route 66 In Arizona |first=Joe |last=Sonderman |page=106 |date= 2010-10-06|accessdate=2012-05-12|isbn=9780738579429}}
5. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=akLftFfA3_0C&pg=PA128 |title=Route 66: Images of America's Main Street |first=William |last=Kaszynski |page=128 |date= 2003-05-01|accessdate=2012-05-12|isbn=9780786415533}}
6. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xtR4QCcA8AC&pg=PA106 |title=Route 66 In Arizona|first=Joe|last=Sonderman |page=106 |date= 2010-10-06|accessdate=2012-05-12|isbn=9780738579429}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TadaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jFIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3955,1652466|title=Quarries vs. natural beauty keeps discord festering in Hackberry|author=Matt Kelley, Associated Press|publisher=Kingman Daily Miner|date=Sep 13, 1998|page=1B}}
8. ^Birthplace (maybe) of the corn dog by Charles Storch, Chicago Tribune, August 16, 2006
9. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.sj-r.com/bakke/x1802478879/Bob-Waldmire-An-ethical-vegetarian |title=Bob Waldmire: 'An ethical vegetarian' |publisher=State Journal-Register |date=May 31, 2006 | first=David | last=Bakke |accessdate=2012-05-12}}
10. ^{{cite news|last=Crook |first=William |url=http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-6646-bob-waldmirerss-farewell-tour.html |title=Bob Waldmire’s farewell tour |publisher=Illinois Times |date=2009-11-25 |accessdate=2012-05-12}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sj-r.com/bakke/x1145289413/Route-66-legend-Bob-Waldmire-reaches-end-of-road|title=Route 66 legend Bob Waldmire reaches end of road|work=The State Journal-Register|publisher=GateHouse Media, Inc.|date=December 17, 2009|first=Dave|last=Bakke}}
12. ^{{cite news |last=Hoekstra |first=David |url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/hoekstra/2009/11/bob_waldmire_the_free_spirit_o.html |title=Bob Waldmire, The Free Spirit of Route 66 - Scratch Crib |publisher=Chicago Sun-Times |date= |accessdate=2012-05-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622040957/http://blogs.suntimes.com/hoekstra/2009/11/bob_waldmire_the_free_spirit_o.html |archivedate=2012-06-22 |df= }}
13. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.sj-r.com/carousel/x43863659/Dave-Bakke-Bob-Waldmire-takes-one-last-ride |title=Bob Waldmire takes one last ride |publisher=The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Illinois |date=Apr 20, 2010 |first=David |last=Bakke |accessdate=2012-05-12}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bobwaldmire.com |title=I always liked to draw, especially small things… |publisher=Bob Waldmire |date= |accessdate=2012-05-12}}
15. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.pjstar.com/blogs/mindingbiz/x1364615769/You-can-still-get-your-kicks-on-Route-66|archive-url=https://archive.is/20120907215729/http://www.pjstar.com/blogs/mindingbiz/x1364615769/You-can-still-get-your-kicks-on-Route-66|dead-url=yes|archive-date=September 7, 2012|date=April 18, 2012|title=You can still get your kicks on Route 66|first=Steve|last=Tarter|publisher=Peoria Journal-Star}}

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